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Atypical antipsychotics for the treatment of behavioral and psychological symptoms in dementia, with a particular focus on longer term outcomes and mortality

, MB ChB MRCPsych MD, , BSc, , PhD & , MD
Pages 35-43 | Published online: 05 Aug 2010

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