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Rivastigmine in the Treatment of Dementia Associated with Parkinson's Disease: A Randomized, Double-blind, Placebo-controlled Study

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  15 February 2006

Sibel Tekin  and
Roger Lane
Sibel Tekin
Affiliation:
Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation, East Hanover, NJ, USA; Email: [email protected]; [email protected]
Roger Lane
Affiliation:
Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation, East Hanover, NJ, USA; Email: [email protected]; [email protected]
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Keywords

Parkinson's diseaseclinical trialrivastigmineexecutive functioncholinesterase inhibitordementia
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Review Article
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Progress in Neurotherapeutics and Neuropsychopharmacology , Volume 1 , Issue 1 , January 2006 , pp. 13 - 25
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© 2006 Cambridge University Press

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