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An Inventory to Assess Activities of Daily Living for Clinical Trials in Alzheimer's Disease
- D. Galasko, D. Bennett, +4 authors S. Ferris
- Medicine
- Alzheimer disease and associated disorders
- 1997
We developed a set of informant-based items describing performance of activities of daily living (ADL) by patients with Alzheimer's disease (AD) to identify which ADL are useful for assessment of… Expand
Vitamin E and donepezil for the treatment of mild cognitive impairment.
- R. Petersen, R. Thomas, +11 authors L. Thal
- Medicine
- The New England journal of medicine
- 9 June 2005
BACKGROUND
Mild cognitive impairment is a transitional state between the cognitive changes of normal aging and early Alzheimer's disease.
METHODS
In a double-blind study, we evaluated subjects with… Expand
Common variants in MS4A4/MS4A6E, CD2uAP, CD33, and EPHA1 are associated with late-onset Alzheimer’s disease
- A. Naj, G. Jun, +152 authors G. Schellenberg
- Biology, Medicine
- Nature Genetics
- 3 April 2011
The Alzheimer Disease Genetics Consortium (ADGC) performed a genome-wide association study of late-onset Alzheimer disease using a three-stage design consisting of a discovery stage (stage 1) and two… Expand
Cognitive impairment after stroke: frequency, patterns, and relationship to functional abilities.
- T. Tatemichi, D. Desmond, Y. Stern, M. Paik, M. Sano, E. Bagiella
- Psychology, Medicine
- Journal of neurology, neurosurgery, and…
- 1 February 1994
Cognitive function was examined in 227 patients three months after admission to hospital for ischaemic stroke, and in 240 stroke-free controls, using 17 scored items that assessed memory,… Expand
Mild cognitive impairment can be distinguished from Alzheimer disease and normal aging for clinical trials.
- M. Grundman, R. Petersen, +21 authors L. Thal
- Psychology, Medicine
- Archives of neurology
- 2004
BACKGROUND
Mild cognitive impairment (MCI) represents a transitional state between the cognitive changes of normal aging and very early dementia and is becoming increasingly recognized as a risk… Expand
Common variants at 7p21 are associated with frontotemporal lobar degeneration with TDP-43 inclusions
- V. V. Van Deerlin, P. Sleiman, +97 authors V. M. Lee
- Biology, Medicine
- Nature Genetics
- 29 January 2010
Frontotemporal lobar degeneration (FTLD) is the second most common cause of presenile dementia. The predominant neuropathology is FTLD with TAR DNA-binding protein (TDP-43) inclusions (FTLD-TDP).… Expand
Development of Cognitive Instruments for Use in Clinical Trials of Antidementia Drugs: Additions to the Alzheimer's Disease Assessment Scale That Broaden Its Scope
- R. Mohs, D. Knopman, +8 authors L. Thai
- Psychology, Medicine
- Alzheimer disease and associated disorders
- 1997
The cognitive assessment protocol of the Alzheimer's Disease Cooperative Study (ADCS) was designed to evaluate the reliability and validity of cognitive assessment measures that might be valuable… Expand
Quality of Life in Patients with Alzheimer's Disease as Reported by Patient Proxies
- S. M. Albert, C. Castillo‐Castaneda, +8 authors Y. Stern
- Medicine
- Journal of the American Geriatrics Society
- 1 November 1996
OBJECTIVE: To measure behaviors indicative of quality of life (QOL) in patients with Alzheimer's disease and to examine correlates of patient QOL.
Common genetic variants in the CLDN2 and PRSS1-PRSS2 loci alter risk for alcohol-related and sporadic pancreatitis
- D. Whitcomb, J. Larusch, +195 authors L. Yu
- Biology, Medicine
- Nature Genetics
- 16 October 2012
Pancreatitis is a complex, progressively destructive inflammatory disorder. Alcohol was long thought to be the primary causative agent, but genetic contributions have been of interest since the… Expand
Effect of literacy on neuropsychological test performance in nondemented, education-matched elders.
- J. Manly, D. M. Jacobs, +4 authors Y. Stern
- Psychology, Medicine
- Journal of the International Neuropsychological…
- 1 March 1999
The current investigation compared neuropsychological test performance among nondemented literate and illiterate elders. The sample included participants in an epidemiological study of normal aging… Expand