Functional response to cholinesterase inhibitor therapy in a naturalistic Alzheimer’s disease cohort
✍ Scribed by Carina Wattmo, Åsa K Wallin, Lennart Minthon
- Book ID
- 119896885
- Publisher
- BioMed Central
- Year
- 2012
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 225 KB
- Volume
- 12
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 1471-2377
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