The practice of obtaining approval from medical research ethics committees: A comparison within 12 European countries for a descriptive study on acetylcholinesterase inhibitors in Alzheimer's dementia

European Journal of Neurology

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 212-217

  Olde Rikkert, Marcel G M ^a   Lauque, S ^b   Frolich L ^c   Vellas, B ^b,d   Dekkers, W ^a,b  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b TOULOUSE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^d INSERM   (France)

Author keywords

Alzheimer's disease; Dementia; Ethics; Multi infarct dementia; Non Alzheimer's degenerative dementia

Indexed keywords

CHOLINESTERASE INHIBITOR;

ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; COMPETENCE; CONSENSUS DEVELOPMENT; DISEASE SEVERITY; EUROPEAN UNION; EVALUATION; HUMAN; INFORMED CONSENT; LAW; MEDICAL RESEARCH; NORMAL HUMAN; PATIENT RIGHT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTECTION; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUESTIONNAIRE; RESEARCH ETHICS;

BIOMEDICAL AND BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH; EMPIRICAL APPROACH;

ALZHEIMER DISEASE; CHOLINESTERASE INHIBITORS; CLINICAL TRIALS; ETHICS COMMITTEES, RESEARCH; EUROPE; HUMANS; INFORMED CONSENT; MENTAL COMPETENCY; MULTICENTER STUDIES; NEUROLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 14044276267     PISSN: 13515101     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-1331.2004.00980.x     Document Type: Article

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