Cholinesterase Inhibitors: Drugs Looking for a Disease?

Maggini and colleagues examine the evidence on cholinesterase inhibitors for treating dementia. "What seemed a biologically plausible intervention," they say, "has not led to a proven, real improvement in patients' well-being."

Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores principales: Maggini, Marina, Vanacore, Nicola, Raschetti, Roberto
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2006
Materias:
Policy Forum
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1434488/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/16597173
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pmed.0030140
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spelling pubmed-14344882006-05-08 Cholinesterase Inhibitors: Drugs Looking for a Disease? Maggini, Marina Vanacore, Nicola Raschetti, Roberto PLoS Med Policy Forum Maggini and colleagues examine the evidence on cholinesterase inhibitors for treating dementia. "What seemed a biologically plausible intervention," they say, "has not led to a proven, real improvement in patients' well-being." Public Library of Science 2006-04 2006-04-11 /pmc/articles/PMC1434488/ /pubmed/16597173 http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pmed.0030140 Text en Copyright: © 2006 Maggini et al. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are properly credited.
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Maggini, Marina
Vanacore, Nicola
Raschetti, Roberto
Cholinesterase Inhibitors: Drugs Looking for a Disease?
title Cholinesterase Inhibitors: Drugs Looking for a Disease?
title_full Cholinesterase Inhibitors: Drugs Looking for a Disease?
title_fullStr Cholinesterase Inhibitors: Drugs Looking for a Disease?
title_full_unstemmed Cholinesterase Inhibitors: Drugs Looking for a Disease?
title_short Cholinesterase Inhibitors: Drugs Looking for a Disease?
title_sort cholinesterase inhibitors: drugs looking for a disease?
topic Policy Forum
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1434488/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/16597173
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pmed.0030140
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