A controlled trial of selegiline, alpha-tocopherol, or both as treatment for Alzheimer's disease

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 336, Issue 17, 1997, Pages 1216-1222

  Sano, Mary ^a,h   Ernesto, Christopher ^b   Thomas, Ronald G ^b   Klauber, Melville R ^b   Schafer, Kimberly ^b   Grundman, Michael ^b,c   Woodbury, Peter ^b   Growdon, John ^d   Cotman, Carl W ^e   Pfeiffer, Eric ^f   Schneider, Lon S ^g   Thal, Leon J ^b,c  

^a Taub Institute for Research on Alzheimer's Disease and the Aging Brain and the Gertrude H Sergievsky Center   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^h NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPHA TOCOPHEROL; CATECHOLAMINE; SELEGILINE;

ADULT; AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; CATECHOLAMINE BRAIN LEVEL; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DEMENTIA; DISEASE COURSE; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG BLOOD LEVEL; FALLING; FEMALE; HUMAN; INSTITUTIONAL CARE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; NERVE CELL DEGENERATION; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SIDE EFFECT; SYNCOPE;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; COGNITION; DISEASE PROGRESSION; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; DRUG COMBINATIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INSTITUTIONALIZATION; MALE; MENTAL STATUS SCHEDULE; MONOAMINE OXIDASE INHIBITORS; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; SELEGILINE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VITAMIN E;

EID: 0030967165     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJM199704243361704     Document Type: Article

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