Neuropsychological rehabilitation program and behavioral disturbances in early-stage Alzheimer patients

Abstract Alzheimer's disease (AD) is the most frequent cause of dementia and cholinesterase inhibitors are the available treatment in the mild stage. However cognitive rehabilitation has shown satisfactory results when combined with pharmacological treatment. Behavioral alteration is common in...

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Main Authors: Vera Lúcia Duarte Vieira, Sônia Maria Dozzi Brucki, Anna Luiza Costa Marques Martins, Fabíola Canali, Luciano Gois, Maira Okada de Oliveira, Beatriz Schlecht Bittencourt, Lúcia Julieta Tonato Leite, Jacqueline Abrisqueta-Gomez, Orlando Francisco Amodeo Bueno
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Associação Neurologia Cognitiva e do Comportamento
Series:Dementia & Neuropsychologia
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1980-57642008000200146&lng=en&tlng=en