Ginkgo biloba compared with cholinesterase inhibitors in the treatment of dementia: A review based on meta-analyses by the cochrane collaboration

Dementia and Geriatric Cognitive Disorders

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 217-226

  Kurz, A ^a   Van Baelen, B ^b  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b SGS Medisearch International NV   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Cholinesterase inhibitors; Donepezil; Galantamine; Ginkgo biloba; Meta analysis; Rivastigmine

Indexed keywords

CHOLINESTERASE INHIBITOR; DONEPEZIL; GALANTAMINE; GINKGO BILOBA EXTRACT; RIVASTIGMINE;

CLINICAL TRIAL; COGNITION; DEMENTIA; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG SAFETY; DRUG TOLERABILITY; HUMAN; META ANALYSIS; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SIDE EFFECT; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; CHOLINESTERASE INHIBITORS; GALANTAMINE; GINKGO BILOBA; HUMANS; INDANS; MULTICENTER STUDIES; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; NOOTROPIC AGENTS; PHENYLCARBAMATES; PIPERIDINES; PLANT EXTRACTS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 4344665066     PISSN: 14208008     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000079388     Document Type: Review

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