A systematic review and meta-analysis of the effectiveness of acetylcholinesterase inhibitors and memantine in treating the cognitive symptoms of dementia

Dementia and Geriatric Cognitive Disorders

Volumn 45, Issue 3-4, 2018, Pages 131-151

  Knight, Ruth ^a   Khondoker, Mizanur ^b   Magill, Nicholas ^a   Stewart, Robert ^a,c   Landau, Sabine ^a  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

^c SOUTH LONDON AND MAUDSLEY NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Acetylcholinesterase inhibitor; Alzheimer disease; Memantine; Meta analysis; Systematic review; Vascular dementia

Indexed keywords

CHOLINESTERASE INHIBITOR; DONEPEZIL; GALANTAMINE; MEMANTINE; RIVASTIGMINE; DOPAMINE RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT;

COGNITION; DEMENTIA; DIFFUSE LEWY BODY DISEASE; DISEASE CONTROL; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG EFFICACY; HUMAN; META ANALYSIS; MINI MENTAL STATE EXAMINATION; MULTIINFARCT DEMENTIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; DRUG EFFECT; PSYCHOLOGY;

ALZHEIMER DISEASE; CHOLINESTERASE INHIBITORS; COGNITION; DEMENTIA, VASCULAR; DOPAMINE AGENTS; HUMANS; MEMANTINE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 85047170084     PISSN: 14208008     EISSN: 14219824     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000486546     Document Type: Review

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