Investigation of responders and non-responders to long-term donepezil treatment

Psychogeriatrics

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 53-61

  Inoue, Jun ^a,b   Hoshino, Ryoichi ^b,c   Nojima, Hidenori ^b   Ishida, Wataru ^a,b   Okamoto, Norio ^b  

^a HAMAMATSU UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b Okamoto Clinic   (Japan)

^c Koujin Hospital   (Japan)

Author keywords

Alzheimer type dementia; Cognitive function; Donepezil; Non responder; Responder

Indexed keywords

DONEPEZIL;

ADULT; AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL DEMENTIA RATING SCALE; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMENTIA; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; FEMALE; HUMAN; LONG TERM CARE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MINI MENTAL STATE EXAMINATION; OUTPATIENT CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RATING SCALE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RORSCHACH COGNITIVE INDEX; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TREATMENT RESPONSE;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; COGNITION; FEMALE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HUMANS; INDANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; NOOTROPIC AGENTS; PIPERIDINES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 77955960849     PISSN: 13463500     EISSN: 14798301     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1479-8301.2010.00319.x     Document Type: Article

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