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SUBMITTER: Briggs R
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5922703 | biostudies-other | 2016 Jun
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-other
Briggs Robert R Kennelly Sean P SP O'Neill Desmond D
Clinical medicine (London, England) 20160601 3
Despite the significant public health issue that it poses, only five medical treatments have been approved for Alzheimer's disease (AD) and these act to control symptoms rather than alter the course of the disease. Studies of potential disease-modifying therapy have generally been undertaken in patients with clinically detectable disease, yet evidence suggests that the pathological changes associated with AD begin several years before this. It is possible that pharmacological therapy may be bene ...[more]