A multicenter evaluation of new treatment efficacy instruments for Alzheimer's disease clinical trials: Overview and general results

Alzheimer Disease and Associated Disorders

Volumn 11, Issue SUPPL. 2, 1997, Pages

  Ferris, Steven H ^a   Mackell, Joan A ^a   Mohs, Richard ^b   Schneider, Lon S ^c   Galasko, Douglas ^d,h   Whitehouse, Peter J ^e   Schmitt, Frederick A ^f   Sano, Mary ^g   Thomas, Ronald G ^h   Ernesto, Christopher ^h   Grundman, Michael ^d,h   Schafer, Kimberly ^h   Thal, Leon J ^d,h  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b MOUNT SINAI MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS OF CLEVELAND   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

^g and Epidemiology   (United States)

^h UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

ADCS; Alzheimer's disease; Instrument development; Longitudinal change; Multisite clinical trials; Outcome measures

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AGITATION; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; BEHAVIOR; CLINICAL TRIAL; COGNITION; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MEMORY; MULTICENTER STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOPHARMACOTHERAPY; RELIABILITY; TIME; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; FEMALE; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROGNOSIS; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES;

EID: 0030819805     PISSN: 08930341     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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