Rivastigmine in Chinese patients with subcortical vascular dementia
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Rivastigmine in Chinese patients with subcortical vascular dementia
BACKGROUND We explored the efficacy and tolerability of rivastigmine among Chinese patients with subcortical vascular dementia. METHODS Forty subjects were randomized to either placebo (n = 20) or rivastigmine (n = 20) in a double-blind 26-week trial. Outcome measures were cognition (mini-mental state examination, frontal assessment battery), neuropsychiatric inventory (NPI), instrumental act...
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عنوان ژورنال: Neuropsychiatric Disease and Treatment
سال: 2008
ISSN: 1178-2021
DOI: 10.2147/ndt.s2221