Rivastigmine in the treatment of dementia associated with Parkinson’s disease: A randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled study

Progress in Neurotherapeutics and Neuropsychopharmacology

Volumn 9780521862530, Issue , 2006, Pages 13-26

  Tekin, Sibel ^a   Lane, Roger ^a  

^a NOVARTIS PHARMA AG   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Cholinesterase inhibitor; Clinical trial; Dementia; Executive function; Parkinson S disease; Rivastigmine

Indexed keywords

EID: 84926973802     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1017/s1748232105000030     Document Type: Chapter

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