Drugs for vascular dementia

Lancet Neurology

Volumn 6, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 749-751

  Korczyn, Amos D ^a  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHOLINESTERASE INHIBITOR; GALANTAMINE; MEMANTINE;

ALZHEIMER DISEASE; BRAIN CORTEX; COGNITIVE DEFECT; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; HUMAN; LETTER; MEYNERT BASAL NUCLEUS; MULTIINFARCT DEMENTIA; NERVE DEGENERATION; OLIVARY NUCLEUS; PARASYMPATHETIC INNERVATION; PARKINSON DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STROKE; TEMPORAL LOBE;

ALZHEIMER DISEASE; CHOLINESTERASE INHIBITORS; DEMENTIA, VASCULAR; EXCITATORY AMINO ACID ANTAGONISTS; HUMANS;

EID: 34547796419     PISSN: 14744422     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1474-4422(07)70199-0     Document Type: Letter

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