Effects of Ginkgo biloba in dementia: systematic review and meta-analysis.

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Published in BMC Geriatr on March 17, 2010

Authors

Stefan Weinmann1, Stephanie Roll, Christoph Schwarzbach, Christoph Vauth, Stefan N Willich

Author Affiliations

1: Institute for Social Medicine, Epidemiology and Health Economics, Charité University Medicine, Luisenstrasse 57, Berlin, Germany. Stefan.Weinmann@charite.de

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