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Review
. 2012 Dec;6(6):285-90.

Review of drugs for Alzheimer's disease

Xiaoting Sun  1 , Lan Jin, Peixue Ling
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  • PMID: 23337815
Free article
Review

Review of drugs for Alzheimer's disease

Xiaoting Sun et al. Drug Discov Ther. 2012 Dec.
Free article

Abstract

Alzheimer's disease (AD) is the most common form of dementia in the elderly. The number of people affected by AD is rapidly increasing. AD is characterized by cerebral atrophy, cerebral senile plaques, intraneuronal neurofibrillary tangles, and neuronal cell loss. Medical treatment of AD has a long history and differing results. We will review the effectiveness and limitations of the drugs used to treat AD.

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