Effect of tacrine on language, praxis, and noncognitive behavioral problems in Alzheimer disease

Archives of Neurology

Volumn 54, Issue 7, 1997, Pages 836-840

  Raskind, Murray A ^a,c,d   Sadowsky, Carl H ^b   Sigmund, William R ^c   Beitler, Paula J ^c   Auster, Sheila B ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Palm Beach Neurological Group   (United States)

^c PFIZER INC   (United States)

^d VA PUGET SOUND HEALTH CARE SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PLACEBO; TACRINE;

ADULT; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; CLINICAL TRIAL; COGNITION; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LANGUAGE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL;

EID: 0030851210     PISSN: 00039942     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archneur.1997.00550190026010     Document Type: Article

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