Marcella Spirito1, Giovanni Bino2, Mauro Giacomini1 1 Department of Communication Computer and System Sciences (DIST) - University of Genova
2 Department of Neurology, Padre Antero Micone Hospital, ASL3 - Genova This work started on demand of the Neurology Department staff of the Sestri Ponente Hospital in Genova. The aim of the project is to organize, in the best way, a study on a possible relation between levels of homocysteine in blood and the type, severity and progression of dementia. The core of this paper is to identify the main helps that actual achievements of computer science can give to medical doctors in the development of their researches. The high diffusion of dementia causing diseases in elderly population and the increase of the average age in developed countries put the study of these neurological diseases at the centre of attention for a large section of clinical doctors. Probably a high level of homocysteine in the blood causes dementia to develop faster [1]. |
