Academic Highlights December 15, 2006

New Paradigms in the Treatment of Alzheimer's Disease.

Pierre N. Tariot, M.D.; Jeffrey L. Cummings, M.D.; M. Saleem Ismail, M.D.; Constantine Lyketsos, M.D., M.H.S.

J Clin Psychiatry 2006;67(12):2002-2013

Article Abstract

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Alzheimer’s Disease is a heterogeneous illness with variability in clinical presentation that challenges timely and accurate diagnosis, according to M. Saleem Ismail, M.D. In the absence of a diagnostic or confirmatory test for this disease, special attention must be paid to clinical diagnosis, which has both prognostic and management implications.