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New drugs for Alzheimer's disease

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  03 January 2018

Alistair Burns ,
Eve Russell  and
Sean Rage
Alistair Burns*
Affiliation:
Department of Psychiatry, University of Manchester, Withington Hospital, Manchester
Eve Russell
Affiliation:
Department of Psychiatry, University of Manchester, Withington Hospital, Manchester
Sean Rage
Affiliation:
Department of Psychiatry, University of Manchester, Withington Hospital, Manchester
*
Professor A. Burns, Department of Psychiatry, University of Manchester, Withington Hospital, Manchester M20 8LR, UK. Tel: 0161 291 3310: Fax: 0161 291 4364
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The British Journal of Psychiatry , Volume 174 , Issue 6 , June 1999 , pp. 476 - 479
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Copyright © 1999 The Royal College of Psychiatrists 

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