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Scientists at Chang-Gung University publish new data on Alzheimer disease

Published in Healthcare Finance, Tax and Law Weekly, July 18th, 2007

Current study results from the report, "Behavioral and psychological symptoms in Taiwanese patients with Alzheimer's disease," have been published. In this recently published article, scientists in Taiwan conducted a study "To investigate the prevalence of and risk factors for behavioral and psychological symptoms in Taiwanese Alzheimer's disease (AD) patients. Consecutive AD patients from the Memory Clinic of the Taipei Veterans General Hospital were studied. Cognitive function was evaluated using the Chinese version of the Cognitive Abilities Screening Instrument."

"Primary caregivers were interviewed for the Clinical Dementia Rating scale, the Barthel Index, and the...

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