Open AccessLong-term cognitive and functional decline in late onset Alzheimer's disease: therapeutic implications
Author(s) -
Clive Holmes,
Simon Lovestone
Publication year - 2003
Publication title -
age and ageing
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.014
H-Index - 143
eISSN - 1468-2834
pISSN - 0002-0729
DOI - 10.1093/ageing/32.2.200
Subject(s) - medicine , dementia , clinical dementia rating , rating scale , alzheimer's disease , disease , test (biology) , psychiatry , gerontology , psychology , developmental psychology , paleontology , biology
National Institute of Clinical Excellence guidelines advocate the use of the Mini-Mental Test Examination and a functional assessment as a means of measuring treatment response. However, there is little knowledge of the change expected in those with Alzheimer's disease in clinical practice.
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