Consortium to Establish a Registry for Alzheimer's Disease (CERAD): The first twenty years

@article{citeulike:2567240, abstract = {The Consortium to Establish a Registry for Alzheimer's Disease (CERAD) was funded by the National Institute on Aging in 1986 to develop standardized, validated measures for the assessment of Alzheimer's disease (AD). The present report describes the measures that CERAD developed during its first decade and their continued use in their original and translated forms. These measures include clinical, neuropsychological, neuropathologic, and behavioral assessments of AD and also assessment of family history and parkinsonism in AD. An approach to evaluating neuroimages did not meet the standards desired. Further evaluations that could not be completed because of lack of funding (but where some materials are available) include evaluation of very severe AD and of service use and need by patient and caregiver. The information that was developed in the U.S. and abroad permits standardized assessment of AD in clinical practice, facilitates epidemiologic studies, and provides information valuable for individual and public health planning. CERAD materials and data remain available for those wishing to use them.}, author = {Fillenbaum, Gerda G. and van Belle, Gerald and Morris, John C. and Mohs, Richard C. and Mirra, Suzanne S. and Davis, Patricia C. and Tariot, Pierre N. and Silverman, Jeremy M. and Clark, Christopher M. and Welsh-Bohmer, Kathleen A. and Heyman, Albert }, citeulike-article-id = {2567240}, doi = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jalz.2007.08.005}, journal = {Alzheimer's and Dementia}, keywords = {ad}, month = {March}, number = {2}, pages = {96--109}, posted-at = {2008-03-20 15:36:13}, priority = {3}, title = {Consortium to Establish a Registry for Alzheimer's Disease (CERAD): The first twenty years}, url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jalz.2007.08.005}, volume = {4}, year = {2008} }

TY - JOUR ID - citeulike:2567240 L3 - citeulike-article-id:2567240 N2 - The Consortium to Establish a Registry for Alzheimer's Disease (CERAD) was funded by the National Institute on Aging in 1986 to develop standardized, validated measures for the assessment of Alzheimer's disease (AD). The present report describes the measures that CERAD developed during its first decade and their continued use in their original and translated forms. These measures include clinical, neuropsychological, neuropathologic, and behavioral assessments of AD and also assessment of family history and parkinsonism in AD. An approach to evaluating neuroimages did not meet the standards desired. Further evaluations that could not be completed because of lack of funding (but where some materials are available) include evaluation of very severe AD and of service use and need by patient and caregiver. The information that was developed in the U.S. and abroad permits standardized assessment of AD in clinical practice, facilitates epidemiologic studies, and provides information valuable for individual and public health planning. CERAD materials and data remain available for those wishing to use them. IS - 2 JF - Alzheimer's and Dementia EP - 109 TI - Consortium to Establish a Registry for Alzheimer's Disease (CERAD): The first twenty years VL - 4 SP - 96 KW - ad AU - Fillenbaum, Gerda AU - van Belle, Gerald AU - Morris, John AU - Mohs, Richard AU - Mirra, Suzanne AU - Davis, Patricia AU - Tariot, Pierre AU - Silverman, Jeremy AU - Clark, Christopher AU - Welsh-Bohmer, Kathleen AU - Heyman, Albert PY - 2008/03// UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jalz.2007.08.005 ER -