An inventory to assess activities of daily living for clinical trials in Alzheimer's disease

Alzheimer Disease and Associated Disorders

Volumn 11, Issue SUPPL. 2, 1997, Pages

  Galasko, Douglas ^a,e   Bennett, David ^b   Sano, Mary ^c   Ernesto, Chris ^a   Thomas, Ronald ^a   Grundman, Michael ^a   Ferris, Steven ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b RUSH UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c and Epidemiology   (United States)

^d NEW YORK UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^e VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

AActivities of daily living; Alzheimer's disease; Clinical trials; Patient assessment

Indexed keywords

ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PERFORMANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RATING SCALE; RELIABILITY;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES;

EID: 0030771116     PISSN: 08930341     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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