Do patients at high risk of Alzheimer's disease benefit from early treatment?

Journal of Family Practice

Volumn 58, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 320-322

  Holt, Jim ^a   Stiltner, Lynetta ^b   Wallace, Rick ^a  

^a East Tennessee State University   (United States)

^b ARH Williamson Tug Valley Medical Associates Clinic   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHOLINERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; CHOLINESTERASE INHIBITOR; DONEPEZIL; GALANTAMINE;

AGNOSIA; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; APHASIA; APRAXIA; COHORT ANALYSIS; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; EARLY INTERVENTION; EXERCISE; HEALTH CARE COST; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MEMORY DISORDER; MILD COGNITIVE IMPAIRMENT; NOTE; PATIENT COUNSELING; PERSONALITY DISORDER; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PREVALENCE; RISK BENEFIT ANALYSIS; SCREENING; COGNITIVE DEFECT; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; REVIEW;

ALZHEIMER DISEASE; CHOLINESTERASE INHIBITORS; COGNITION DISORDERS; HUMANS;

EID: 67649622948     PISSN: 00943509     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Note

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