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. 1999 Jan 25;1999(1):CD000202. doi: 10.1002/14651858.CD000202

Tacrine for Alzheimer's disease

Nawab Qizilbash 1,, Jacqueline Birks 2, Jess López Arrieta 3, Sarah Lewington 4, Samuel Szeto 5
Editor: Cochrane Dementia and Cognitive Improvement Group
PMCID: PMC10812868  PMID: 10796507

Reason for withdrawal from publication

This review is permanently wirhdrawn. A new review, of individual patient data, is in preparation. In the meantime, for more information on tacrine, readers might refer to Qizilbash N, Whitehead A, Higgins J, Wilcock G, Schneider L, Farlow M. Cholinesterase inhibition for Alzheimer disease: a meta‐analysis of the tacrine trials. Dementia Trialists' Collaboration. JAMA. 1998; 280: 20: 1777‐82

The editorial group responsible for this previously published document have withdrawn it from publication.

Keywords: Humans, Alzheimer Disease, Alzheimer Disease/drug therapy, Cholinesterase Inhibitors, Cholinesterase Inhibitors/therapeutic use, Nootropic Agents, Nootropic Agents/therapeutic use, Tacrine, Tacrine/therapeutic use

What's new

Date Event Description
7 November 2008 Amended Converted to new review format.

History

Protocol first published: Issue 4, 1998
 Review first published: Issue 4, 1998

Date Event Description
12 March 2001 Amended review withdrawn
16 November 1998 New citation required and conclusions have changed Substantive amendment

Sources of support

Internal sources

  • Hospital Cantoblanco, Madrid, Spain.

  • University of Oxford, UK.

External sources

  • Anglia & Oxford National Health Service Executive, UK.

  • UK Medical Research Council, UK.

Withdrawn from publication for reasons stated in the review


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