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- Title
The clinical syndrome of Alzheimer's disease: aspects particularly relevant to clinical trials.
- Authors
Mohs, R. C.
- Abstract
This paper describes the natural history of the clinical syndrome of Alzheimer's disease (AD) including the cognitive deficit, the neuropsychiatric symptoms, impact on daily functioning, risk factors, medical complications and impact on the use of health-care resources. The clinical presentation of the disease varies greatly from the prodrome through end stage; instruments used to quantify the severity of each aspect of the disease have been developed and are described along with their use in clinical drug trials. Drug treatments for AD are usually developed by first showing a positive effect on the cognitive deficit, with later studies investigating drug effects on other clinical aspects of the disease.
- Subjects
ALZHEIMER'S disease; CLINICAL trials; DEMENTIA; NEUROBEHAVIORAL disorders; GENETICS
- Publication
Genes, Brain & Behavior, 2005, Vol 4, Issue 3, p129
- ISSN
1601-1848
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1111/j.1601-183X.2004.00112.x