RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 Does this patient have Alzheimer disease? Diagnosing and treating dementia
JF Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine
JO Cleve Clin J Med
FD Cleveland Clinic
SP 762
OP 776
VO 70
IS 9
A1 Messinger-Rapport, Barbara J.
YR 2003
UL http://www.ccjm.org/content/70/9/762.abstract
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.