A randomized, observer-blind, controlled trial of the traditional Chinese medicine Yi-Gan San for improvement of behavioral and psychological symptoms and activities of daily living in dementia patients.

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Published in J Clin Psychiatry on February 01, 2005

Authors

Koh Iwasaki1, Takuma Satoh-Nakagawa, Masahiro Maruyama, Yasutake Monma, Miyako Nemoto, Naoki Tomita, Haruko Tanji, Hironori Fujiwara, Takashi Seki, Masahiko Fujii, Hiroyuki Arai, Hidetada Sasaki

Author Affiliations

1: Department of Geriatrics and Complementary Medicine, Graduate School of Medicine, Tohoku University, Sendai City, Japan.

Associated clinical trials:

The Efficacy of Traditional Chinese Herbal Medicine for Alzheimer's Disease | NCT04249869

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