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Tacrine efficacy in Lewy body dementia
Author(s)Florence Lebert, Florence Pasquier, Lydie Souliez
Journal titleInternational Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry, vol 13, no 8, August 1998
Pagespp 516-519
KeywordsDementia ; Drugs ; France.
AnnotationResponse to tacrine varies among patients with Alzheimer's disease (AD). Lewy body dementia (LBD) could be a high responder subtype of AD. The aim of this study was to compare the effects of tacrine in LBD and AD. Analysis was performed on 39 patients who had been given tacrine. Results showed that 22 patients increased their cognitive performance with tacrine (11 AD and 11 LBD). Among the 22 patients, the improvement differed between the two groups. In AD, conceptualisation improved; in LBD, the improvements occurred in verbal initiation and digit span. (AKM).
Accession NumberCPA-981013402 A
ClassmarkEA: LLD: 765

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