The presence of leuko-araiosis in patients with Alzheimer's disease predicts poor tolerance to tacrine, but does not discriminate responders from non-responders.
BACKGROUND: approximately one-third of patients with Alzheimer's disease (AD) respond favourably to the anticholinesterase tacrine, but the drug's usefulness is marred by a high incidence of side-effects. OBJECTIVE: to discover if AD patients with white matter low attenuation (WMLA) repres...
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| Format: | Journal article |
| Language: | English |
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1997
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