Quality-of-life assessment in dementia drug development: Position paper from the International Working Group on Harmonization of Dementia Drug Guidelines

Alzheimer Disease and Associated Disorders

Volumn 11, Issue SUPPL. 3, 1997, Pages 56-60

  Whitehouse, Peter J ^a   Orgogozo, Jean Marc ^b   Becker, Robert E ^c   Gauthier, Serge ^d   Pontecorvo, Michael ^e   Erzigkeit, Hellmut ^f   Rogers, Sharon ^g   Mohs, Richard C ^h   Bodick, Neil ⁱ   Bruno, Guiseppe ^j   Dal Bianco, Peter ^k  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS OF CLEVELAND   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE BORDEAUX   (France)

^c SOUTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^e JANSSEN RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ERLANGEN   (Germany)

^g PFIZER INC   (United States)

^h VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

ⁱ ELI LILLY AND COMPANY   (United States)

^j Department of Neurological Sciences ^*  (Italy)

^k University Clinic Vienna   (Austria)

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Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; DEMENTIA; DRUG FORMULATION; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITY OF LIFE;

AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; CLINICAL TRIALS; DEMENTIA; DRUG COMPOUNDING; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HUMANS; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; PRACTICE GUIDELINES; QUALITY OF LIFE;

EID: 0030626840     PISSN: 08930341     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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