PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - Messinger-Rapport, Barbara J.
TI  - Does this patient have Alzheimer disease? Diagnosing and treating dementia
DP  - 2003 Sep 01
TA  - Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine
PG  - 762--776
VI  - 70
IP  - 9
4099  - http://www.ccjm.org/content/70/9/762.short
4100  - http://www.ccjm.org/content/70/9/762.full
SO  - Cleve Clin J Med2003 Sep 01; 70
AB  - Alzheimer disease follows a pattern of gradual cognitive, behavioral, and functional decline. Other causes of dementia have overlapping presentations, but with important differences. Most patients with mild to moderate dementia should be treated with cholinesterase inhibitors to temporarily stabilize symptoms and delay clinically important end points. Memantine, an N-methyl-D-aspartate antagonist, may soon be available to treat moderate to severe dementia.