Alistair Burns

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Consensus guidelines for the clinical and pathologic diagnosis of dementia with Lewy bodies (DLB): report of the consortium on DLB international workshop.

Ian G. McKeith, Doug Galasko, +22 authors Robert H. Perry
Neurology
1996

Recent neuropathologic autopsy studies found that 15 to 25% of elderly demented patients have Lewy bodies (LB) in their brainstem and cortex, and in hospital series this may constitute the most… (More)

Vascular cognitive impairment.

John T. O'Brien, Timo Erkinjuntti, +11 authors Steven DeKosky
The Lancet. Neurology
2003

Cerebrovascular disease is the second most common cause of acquired cognitive impairment and dementia and contributes to cognitive decline in the neurodegenerative dementias. The current narrow… (More)

Carer burden dementia.

Alistair Burns, Peter Rabins
2000

Efficacy and tolerability of donepezil in vascular dementia: positive results of a 24-week, multicenter, international, randomized, placebo-controlled clinical trial.

Sandra E. Black, Gustavo C. Román, +6 authors Raymond Pratt
Stroke
2003

BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE Clinical observations suggest that patients with vascular dementia (VaD) may benefit from treatment with cholinesterase inhibitors. This study evaluated the efficacy and safety… (More)

Validity, reliability, and feasibility of clinical staging scales in dementia: a systematic review.

Marcel G M Olde Rikkert, Klodiana Daphne Tona, +6 authors Gunhild Waldemar
American journal of Alzheimer's disease and other…
2011

New staging systems of dementia require adaptation of disease management programs and adequate staging instruments. Therefore, we systematically reviewed the literature on validity and reliability of… (More)

A consensus guideline for antipsychotic drug use for dementia in care homes. Bridging the gap between scientific evidence and clinical practice

Sytse U. Zuidema, Alice Johansson, +4 authors Raymond T. C. M. Koopmans
International psychogeriatrics
2015

BACKGROUND To produce a practice guideline that includes a set of detailed consensus principles regarding the prescription of antipsychotics (APs) amongst people with dementia living in care homes.… (More)

Access to diagnostic evaluation and treatment for dementia in Europe.

Gunhild Waldemar, Kieu T. T. Phung, +8 authors Norman Sartorius
International journal of geriatric psychiatry
2007

This paper reviews and discusses existing barriers to diagnosis and treatment for patients with dementia in Europe as well as approaches to overcome these barriers. The barriers to care are manifold,… (More)

Onset of mobility limitations in old age : the combined effect of socioeconomic position and social relations

David Jonathan Ahearn, Michelle Andrews, Kathryn R. McDonald, Eleanor Jane Byrne, Alistair Burns

Brief psychosocial therapy for the treatment of agitation in Alzheimer disease (the CALM-AD trial).

Clive G. Ballard, Richard Brown, +14 authors Robert Howard
The American journal of geriatric psychiatry…
2009

BACKGROUND Good practice guidelines state that a psychological intervention should usually precede pharmacotherapy, but there are no data evaluating the feasibility of psychological interventions… (More)

Apolipoprotein E 4 Allele Frequency and Age at Onset of Alzheimer ’ s Disease

Yvonne S. Davidson, Linda Gibbons, +15 authors David M A Mann
2006

The age distribution of the 4 allelic form of the apolipoprotein E gene (APOE) was investigated in 630 patients with Alzheimer’s disease (AD) with onset age ranging from 35 to 90 years. Overall, mean… (More)

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