New guideline for the treatment of dementia: Is there really anything new?

American Family Physician

Volumn 77, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 1080-1082

  Adelman, Alan M ^a   Mehr, David R ^b  

^a PENN STATE COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b University of Missouri   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DONEPEZIL; GALANTAMINE; MEMANTINE; RIVASTIGMINE; TACRINE;

ALZHEIMER DISEASE; COGNITION; COPING BEHAVIOR; DEMENTIA; DRUG COST; EDITORIAL; HUMAN; MEDICAL SOCIETY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; TREATMENT DURATION; UNSPECIFIED SIDE EFFECT; NOTE;

DEMENTIA; GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; HUMANS;

EID: 44449132695     PISSN: 0002838X     EISSN: 0002838X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Editorial

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