Does this patient have Alzheimer disease? Diagnosing and treating dementia

Barbara J. Messinger-Rapport, MD, PhD
Section of Geriatric Medicine, Department of General Internal Medicine, The Cleveland Clinic

Address: Barbara J. Messinger-Rapport, MD, PhD, Section of Geriatric Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, A91, The Cleveland Clinic Foundation, 9500 Euclid Avenue, Cleveland, OH 44195

The author has indicated that she is on the speaker’s bureau of the Pfizer corporation.

This paper discusses treatments that are experimental or that are not approved by the US Food and Drug Administration for the use under discussion.

Medical Grand Rounds articles are based on edited transcripts from Division of Medicine Grand Rounds presentations at The Cleveland Clinic. They are approved by the author but are not peer-reviewed.

Barbara J. Messinger-Rapport, MD, PhD
Section of Geriatric Medicine, Department of General Internal Medicine, The Cleveland Clinic

Address: Barbara J. Messinger-Rapport, MD, PhD, Section of Geriatric Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, A91, The Cleveland Clinic Foundation, 9500 Euclid Avenue, Cleveland, OH 44195

The author has indicated that she is on the speaker’s bureau of the Pfizer corporation.

This paper discusses treatments that are experimental or that are not approved by the US Food and Drug Administration for the use under discussion.

Medical Grand Rounds articles are based on edited transcripts from Division of Medicine Grand Rounds presentations at The Cleveland Clinic. They are approved by the author but are not peer-reviewed.

Barbara J. Messinger-Rapport, MD, PhD
Section of Geriatric Medicine, Department of General Internal Medicine, The Cleveland Clinic

Address: Barbara J. Messinger-Rapport, MD, PhD, Section of Geriatric Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, A91, The Cleveland Clinic Foundation, 9500 Euclid Avenue, Cleveland, OH 44195

The author has indicated that she is on the speaker’s bureau of the Pfizer corporation.

This paper discusses treatments that are experimental or that are not approved by the US Food and Drug Administration for the use under discussion.

Medical Grand Rounds articles are based on edited transcripts from Division of Medicine Grand Rounds presentations at The Cleveland Clinic. They are approved by the author but are not peer-reviewed.