Developing Effective Alzheimer’s Disease Therapies: Clinical Experience and Future Directions

Journal of Alzheimer's Disease - Tập 71 Số 3 - Trang 715-732 - 2019
David R. Elmaleh1,2, Martin R. Farlow3, Peter S. Conti4, Ronald G. Tompkins5, Ljiljana Kundakovic1, Rudolph E. Tanzi6,7,8
1AZTherapies Inc., Boston, MA, USA
2Department of Radiology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, USA
3Department of Neurology; Indiana University School of Medicine; Indianapolis, IN USA
4Molecular Imaging Center, Department of Radiology, Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, USA
5Department of Surgery, Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
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7Fax: +1 617 848 8703
8Genetics and Aging Research Unit, MassGeneral Institute for Neurodegenerative Diseases (MIND), Department of Neurology, Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Charlestown, MA, USA

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