RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 Alzheimer disease: Time to improve its diagnosis and treatment
JF Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine
JO Cleve Clin J Med
FD Cleveland Clinic
SP 49
OP 58
DO 10.3949/ccjm.76a.072178
VO 76
IS 1
A1 Stephen Salloway
A1 Stephen Correia
YR 2009
UL http://www.ccjm.org/content/76/1/49.abstract
AB Basic research is bringing a much-needed infusion of optimism and urgency to the clinical diagnosis and treatment of Alzheimer disease. Some of its risk factors may be modifiable, and although current drugs offer only modest benefit, true disease-modifying drugs are on the horizon. This review is aimed at primary care physicians, who are the first clinicians to see patients with Alzheimer disease and are responsible for their ongoing care throughout the course of their dementia.