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Cholinesterase inhibitors and memantine have a role in the treatment of Alzheimer's disease

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    Peter V Rabins

  2. professor of psychiatry and mental health, the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine and Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, MD, USA

    Constantine G Lyketsos

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Peter Rabins has received speaking honoraria from AstraZeneca, Eli Lilly, Forest Laboratories, Janssen Pharmaceutica and Pfizer.

Constantine Lyketsos has received research funding and educational fees from Abbott Laboratories, AstraZeneca, Bristol–Myers Squibb, Eisai, Eli Lilly, GlaxoSmithKline, Janssen Pharmaceutica and Pfizer, and consulting or advisory board fees from Eisai, Forest Laboratories, GlaxoSmithKline, Janssen Pharmaceutica and Novartis, and lecture fees from Forest Laboratories, Lundbeck and Pfizer.

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Rabins, P., Lyketsos, C. Cholinesterase inhibitors and memantine have a role in the treatment of Alzheimer's disease. Nat Rev Neurol 2, 578–579 (2006). https://doi.org/10.1038/ncpneuro0269

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