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Drugs for the prevention and treatment of Alzheimer's disease
Author(s) -
Brodaty Henry S,
Sachdev Perminder S
Publication year - 1997
Publication title -
medical journal of australia
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.904
H-Index - 131
eISSN - 1326-5377
pISSN - 0025-729X
DOI - 10.5694/j.1326-5377.1997.tb126661.x
Subject(s) - disease , medicine , alzheimer's disease , intensive care medicine , action (physics) , physics , quantum mechanics
Alzheimer's disease affects up to 1 people in Australia, but pharmacological treatment has only been available in recent years. Currently available drugs provide modest relief of symptoms for varying periods of time but have no proven preventive action against the disease.