Table 1.
Demographic characteristics and some clinical features of the 17 AD patients with the CM phenotype collected at baseline
| n. | Sex | Age | Edu | Han | MMSE | NPI | VRF | Hac | IADL | ADL | CDR | CDR SOB | Syndr | Spontaneous confabulation | Provoked confabulation | Misidentification |
| Case#1 | m | 79 | 13 | R | 25 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 4(5)° | 6 | 1 | 3 | Mild dem | yes | yes (verbal) | (wife, home, TV celebrities)+ |
| Case#2§ | f | 69 | 5 | R | 25 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 5(8)° | 6 | 0,5 | 3.5 | MCI(sd+) | yes | yes (ver/vis) | (husband, daughter, home, holiday home, TV celebrities, people displayed in an advertisement poster) |
| Case#3 | m | 76 | 5 | L | 25 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 4(5) | 5 | 1 | 4 | Mild dem | – | yes (visual) | – |
| Case#4 | m | 81 | 8 | R | 22 | 16 | 5 | 2 | 3(5) | 6 | 0.5 | 3.5 | MCI(md+) | – | yes (ver/vis) | – |
| Case#5 | f | 80 | 8 | R | 24 | 14 | 0 | 2 | 6(8) | 5 | 0.5 | 4 | MCI(md+) | yes | – | a relative (unspecified), home of the relative, her dog |
| Case#6 | m | 77 | 13 | R | 23 | 18 | 1 | 3 | 1(5) | 2 | 1 | 8 | Mild dem | yes | yes (verbal) | sun, wife, home, TV celebrities, himself in the mirror |
| Case#7 | f | 79 | 4 | R | 22 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 7(8) | 6 | 1 | 4 | Mild dem | – | yes (visual) | (relatives unspecified) |
| Case#8 | m | 68 | 18 | R | 29 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 5(5) | 6 | 0.5 | 2.5 | MCI(md+) | – | yes (ver/vis) | – |
| Case#9 | f | 78 | 13 | R | 24 | 22 | 2 | 2 | 4(8) | 5 | 1 | 5 | Mild dem | – | – | husband, home |
| Case#10 | f | 78 | 8 | R | 24 | 22 | 4 | 1 | 3(8) | 5 | 1 | 6.5 | Mild dem | yes | – | (home) |
| Case#11 | f | 73 | 8 | R | 27 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 8(8) | 6 | 0.5 | 2.5 | MCI(md+) | yes | yes (verbal) | – |
| Case#12 | f | 78 | 8 | R | 29 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 8(8) | 6 | 1 | 3 | Mild dem | – | yes (visual) | – |
| Case#13 | m | 68 | 13 | R | 27 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5(5) | 6 | 0.5 | 2.5 | MCI(md+) | yes | – | – |
| Case#14 | f | 73 | 18 | R | 25 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 8(8) | 6 | 0.5 | 2.5 | MCI(md-) | – | yes (ver/vis) | – |
| Case#15 | m | 76 | 8 | R | 23 | 24 | 4 | 1 | 5(5) | 6 | 1 | 3 | Mild dem | yes | – | – |
| Case#16 | f | 72 | 5 | R | 19 | 24 | 1 | 4 | 8(8) | 6 | 1 | 3.5 | Mild dem | yes | – | (relatives unspecified, daughter) |
| Case#17 | f | 84 | 13 | R | 27 | 22 | 2 | 1 | 7(8) | 6 | 0.5 | 3 | MCI(md+) | – | – | husband, home |
Edu, education; Han, handedness; MMSE, Mini-Mental State Examination; NPI, Neuropsychiatric Inventory; VRF, vascular risk factors; Hac, Hachinski scale; IADL, instrumental activities of daily living; ADL, activities of daily living; CDR, clinical dementia rating; SOB, sum of boxes; Syndr, syndrome; MCI, Mild cognitive impairment; m, male; f, female; R, right; L, left; (sd+), single domain, amnesic; (md+), multiple domains, amnesic; (md-), multiple domain not amnesic; vis, visual; ver, verbal. §Patient#2 was FM, the patient we studied in a previous case report [1]. °According to IADL standard scoring system, the maximum score was 5 points for male and 8 points for women. +Misidentification emerged at the follow up visits are in brackets.