Chinese medicine used to treat dementia

Advances in Natural Medicines, Nutraceuticals and Neurocognition

Volumn , Issue , 2013, Pages 205-224

  Chang, Dennis ^a   Colagiuri, Ben ^b   Luo, Rong ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^c CHENGDU UNIVERSITY OF TRADITIONAL CHINESE MEDICINE   (China)

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EID: 85054039908     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1201/b13736     Document Type: Chapter

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