Beneficial effect of physostigmine on clinical amnesic behaviour and neuropsychological test results in a patient with a post-encephalitic amnesic syndrome.
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery & Psychiatry
سال: 1986
ISSN: 0022-3050
DOI: 10.1136/jnnp.49.9.1088