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Tacrine for Alzheimer's disease: a complex decision

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  13 June 2014

Kenneth L Davis
Kenneth L Davis*
Affiliation:
Mount Sinai School of Medicine, One Gustav L Levy Place, New York, NY 10029-6574, USA
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Information
Irish Journal of Psychological Medicine , Volume 12 , Issue 3 , September 1995 , pp. 85
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1995

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