Activities of daily living as an outcome measure in clinical trials of dementia drugs: 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 6-7

  Gauthier, S ^a   Bodick, N ^b   Erzigkeit, E ^c   Feldman, H ^d   Geldmacher, D S ^e   Huff, J ^f   Mohs, R ^g   Orgogozo, J M ^h   Rogers, S ⁱ  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b ELI LILLY AND COMPANY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^e UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS OF CLEVELAND   (United States)

^f SANOFI   (France)

^g VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^h HÔPITAL PELLEGRIN   (France)

ⁱ EISAI INC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NOOTROPIC AGENT;

AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; CLASSIFICATION; CLINICAL TRIAL; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DEMENTIA; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; PRACTICE GUIDELINE;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; CLINICAL TRIALS; DEMENTIA; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HUMANS; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; NOOTROPIC AGENTS; PRACTICE GUIDELINES;

EID: 0030630746     PISSN: 08930341     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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