Treatment of a whole population sample of Alzheimer's disease with donepezil over a 4-year period: Lessons learned

Dementia and Geriatric Cognitive Disorders

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 226-231

  Lyle, Sarah ^a   Grizzell, Moni ^b   Willmott, Sasi ^d   Benbow, Susan ^b   Clark, Michael ^c   Jolley, David ^e  

^a Shelton Hospital   (United Kingdom)

^b Dorothy Pattison Hospital   (United Kingdom)

^c Care Services Improvement Partnership UK   (United Kingdom)

^d KEELE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Acetylcholinesterase inhibitors (donepezil); Alzheimer's disease; Dementia; Memory clinic; Outcomes

Indexed keywords

DONEPEZIL;

ADULT; AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; COGNITION; COHORT ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; LONG TERM MEMORY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MINI MENTAL STATE EXAMINATION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURVIVAL; TREATMENT DURATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VALIDATION STUDY; WEIGHT CHANGE;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; CHOLINESTERASE INHIBITORS; COGNITION DISORDERS; COHORT STUDIES; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PIPERIDINES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 40549126923     PISSN: 14208008     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000114450     Document Type: Article

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