Third Asia-pacific regional meeting of the international working group on harmonization of dementia drug guidelines: meeting report summary.
The International Working Group on Harmonization of Dementia Drug Guidelines has held the third Asia-Pacific Chapter meeting in 2004. The committee concludes that the Neuropsychiatric Inventory and the Clinical Dementia Rating are culturally acceptable assessment tools. The epidemiology studies of mild cognitive impairment and dementia in Asia were discussed at the meeting. The committee encouraged a collaborative research in the region in the future.
Senanarong
Vorapun
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Division of Neurology, Department of Medicine, Faculty of Medicine Siriraj Hospital, Mahidol University, Bangkok, Thailand. sivdh@mahidol.ac.th
Chen
Christopher P L H
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Orgogozo
Jean-Marc
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D001208:Asia; D003704:Dementia / Q000453:epidemiology*; D017408:Guidelines as Topic; D006801:Humans; D009483:Neuropsychological Tests