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Howard Crystal, MD

Recent Publications

Crystal HA, Dickson D, Davies P, Masur D, Grober E, Lipton RB.  Non-Alzheimer dementia increases with aging and is over 50% in nonagenarians. Archives of Neurology 2000;(57):713-719.

Verghese J, Kuslansky G, Katz MJ, Sliwinski M, Crystal HA, Buschke H, Lipton RB.  Cognitive performance in surgically menopausal women on estrogen.  Neurology 2000 55: 872-874.

Lipton RB, Katz MJ, Kuslansky G, Sliwinski MJ, Stewart WF, Verghese J, Crystal HA, Buschke H. Screening for dementia by telephone using the memory impairment screen. J Am Geriatr Soc 2003;51(10):1382-90.

Crystal HA, Dickson D, Lipton RB. Progression of cognitive impairment is slower in leukoencephalopathy than in Alzheimer's disease: a clinicopathologic study   Neurobiology of Aging 2000; 21(19), supplement 1, p S202 (abstract #917).

Crystal HA, Derby C, Whipple R et al.  Poor balance Predicts Cognitive Decline in Nondemented elderly.  Ann Neurology 2001; 50(3) Suppl(1): S45.

Doniger, GM, Zucker DM, Dwolatzky T, Chertkow H, Crystal H, Schweiger A, Simon ES. The Mindstreams MCI Score: A Practical Clinical Tool for Early Detection of Dementia. Neurology 2004;62. Supplement 5, pp A127-8.

Simon ES., Doniger GM, Zucker DM, Chertkow H, Crystal H, Schweiger A, Dwolatzky T. Mindstreams computerized cognitive tests identify MCI and mild dementia even in the presence of depression.  Neurobiology of Aging, 2004;Vol 25, Supplement 2:Page S103.

Crystal H, Jo MY, Morrison D, Ganzer A, Jacobs A, Desmond DW. Cognitive impairment in elderly urban black primary care patients.  Neurobiology of Aging, 2004; Vol 25, Suppl 2:Pages S123-S124.

Doniger GM, Simon ES, Zucker DM, Chertkow H, Crystal H, Schweiger A, Dwolatzky T.  A computerized cognitive assessment score optimized for early dementia detection. Neurobiology of Aging, 2004;Vol 25, Suppl 2:Page S130.

Doniger GM, Dwolatzky T, Zucker DM, Chertkow H, Crystal H, Schweiger A, Simon ES. Computerized cognitive testing battery identifies mild cognitive impairment and mild dementia even in the presence of depressive symptoms.  Am J Alzheimers Dis Other Demen. 2006 Jan-Feb;21(1):28-36.

Crystal H, Block J, Frank M. Effects of aging on computerized tests of procedural memory that utilize trial- and-error learning. Alzheimer’s and Dementia 2(3), Suppl1”p.S1390, July 2006.