Effects of Alzheimer disease on patients and their family

BJ Grabher - Journal of nuclear medicine technology, 2018 - Soc Nuclear Med
The diagnosis of Alzheimer disease (AD) affects not only the patient but the entire family
and their supporting caregivers. Understanding the stressors that affect these individuals …

Alzheimer disease

JL Cummings, G Cole - Jama, 2002 - jamanetwork.com
Alzheimer disease accounts for 60% to 70% of cases of progressive cognitive impairment in
elderly patients. The total prevalence of AD in the United States is estimated at 2.3 million (…

Neuropsychological prediction of conversion to Alzheimer disease in patients with mild cognitive impairment

MH Tabert, JJ Manly, X Liu, GH Pelton… - Archives of general …, 2006 - jamanetwork.com
… BJ Multiple cognitive deficits during the transition to Alzheimer's disease. … STGanguli M
Patterns of cognitive decline in presymptomatic Alzheimer disease: a prospective community …

CSF biomarkers and incipient Alzheimer disease in patients with mild cognitive impairment

N Mattsson, H Zetterberg, O Hansson, N Andreasen… - Jama, 2009 - jamanetwork.com
… First, the index test was established in 510 patients with Alzheimer disease at baseline …
patients with mild cognitive impairment (MCI) to determine its ability to predict Alzheimer disease

[HTML][HTML] Treatment of Alzheimer disease

BT Winslow, MK Onysko, CM Stob… - American family …, 2011 - aafp.org
… living in patients with moderate to severe Alzheimer disease. Memantine can also be used
in combination with acetylcholinesterase inhibitors. Memantine is generally well tolerated, but …

No increased risk of developing Alzheimer disease in patients with glaucoma

LV Kessing, AG Lopez, PK Andersen… - Journal of …, 2007 - journals.lww.com
… in chronic neurodegeneration such as Alzheimer disease (AD) … Alzheimer dementia, and
other dementia for patients with a diagnosis of POAG were compared with the rates for patients

… of biomarkers, cognitive markers, and risk factors to predict conversion from mild cognitive impairment to Alzheimer disease in patients in the Alzheimer's disease …

…, Alzheimer's Disease Neuroimaging … - Archives of general …, 2011 - jamanetwork.com
… CSF biomarkers and incipient Alzheimer disease in patients with mild … MW.Alzheimer's
Disease Neuroimaging Initiative. MRI of hippocampal volume loss in early Alzheimer's disease in …

Quality of life in Alzheimer disease

MP Lawton - Alzheimer Disease & Associated Disorders, 1994 - journals.lww.com
… a special care unit for patients with AD includes findings on … of dementia patients even when
the patients cannot report … for the most part in patients with Alzheimer disease (AD). QOL is …

Survival after initial diagnosis of Alzheimer disease

EB Larson, MF Shadlen, L Wang… - Annals of internal …, 2004 - acpjournals.org
… From 1987 to 1996, an Alzheimer's disease patient registry enrolled persons receiving
care in the Seattle and western King County clinics of the Group Health Cooperative (a well-…

Neuropsychiatric symptoms and quality of life in Alzheimer disease

IS Shin, M Carter, D Masterman, L Fairbanks… - The American journal of …, 2005 - Elsevier
… QOL of both patients and caregivers was assessed using the QOL–Alzheimer's Disease (QOL–AD)
scale. Each patient and caregiver completed patient QOL ratings; caregivers also …