Lack of clinical efficacy of chronic oral physostigmine in Alzheimer's disease
โ Scribed by Dr. Seymour Jotkowitz
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 1983
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 191 KB
- Volume
- 14
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0364-5134
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