• Presse Med · Apr 2000

    [Alzheimer type dementia: is early diagnosis significant?].

    • N Bazin and P Fremont.
    • SHU de Psychiatrie, Hôpital Richaud, Versailles.
    • Presse Med. 2000 Apr 22; 29 (15): 871-5.

    AbstractADVANTAGES OF EARLY DIAGNOSIS: Better prognosis and quality of life for patients with Alzheimer's disease and their caregivers depends on early diagnosis as specific treatment (anticholinesterase drugs) early in the disease process can have a beneficial effect on cognition and psychiatric or behavioral disorders. In addition early diagnosis gives the physician the opportunity to provide adapted advice for the patient and caregivers especially important in preventing complications and helping the family cope with the inevitable disruption of the family pattern caused by the disease, a situation which is particularly for the "designated caregiver".

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