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Dimebon as a Potential Therapy for Alzheimer's Disease

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  07 November 2014

Rachelle S. Doody
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Excellent treatment for Alzheimer's disease remains an unmet medical need. Although current therapies improve patients' abilities compared to placebo and temporarily maintain performance above baseline on a number of outcome measures, additional therapies are needed to augment the benefits over baseline and to prolong these improvements.

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CNS Spectrums , Volume 14 , Issue S7: Mitochondria: An Emerging Therapeutic Focus in Alzheimer's Disease Therapy , August 2009 , pp. 14 - 18
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2009

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