Cognitive Improvement during Treatment for Mild Alzheimer’s Disease with a Chinese Herbal Formula: A Randomized Controlled Trial

Yulian Zhang; Cuiru Lin; Linlin Zhang; Yuanwu Cui; Yun Gu; Jiakui Guo; Di Wu; Qiang Li; Wanshan Song

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0130353

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Cognitive Improvement during Treatment for Mild Alzheimer’s Disease with a Chinese Herbal Formula: A Randomized Controlled Trial

Yulian Zhang ,

Contributed equally to this work with: Yulian Zhang, Cuiru Lin

* E-mail: zhyl220@126.com

Affiliation Department of Acupuncture and Cerebropathy, Second Affiliated Hospital of Tianjin University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Tianjin, China
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Cuiru Lin ,

Contributed equally to this work with: Yulian Zhang, Cuiru Lin

Affiliation Department of Acupuncture and Cerebropathy, Second Affiliated Hospital of Tianjin University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Tianjin, China
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Linlin Zhang,

Affiliation Department of Geriatric, Longhua Hospital of Shanghai University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Tianjin, China
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Yuanwu Cui,

Affiliation Department of Acupuncture and Cerebropathy, Second Affiliated Hospital of Tianjin University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Tianjin, China
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Yun Gu,

Affiliation Department of Geriatric, Longhua Hospital of Shanghai University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Tianjin, China
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Jiakui Guo,

Affiliation Department of Acupuncture and Cerebropathy, Second Affiliated Hospital of Tianjin University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Tianjin, China
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Di Wu,

Affiliation Department of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Tianjin Huanhu Hospital, Tianjin, China
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Qiang Li,

Affiliation Graduate Institutes, Tianjin University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Tianjin, China
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Wanshan Song

Affiliation Department of Acupuncture and Cerebropathy, Second Affiliated Hospital of Tianjin University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Tianjin, China
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Cognitive Improvement during Treatment for Mild Alzheimer’s Disease with a Chinese Herbal Formula: A Randomized Controlled Trial

Yulian Zhang,
Cuiru Lin,
Linlin Zhang,
Yuanwu Cui,
Yun Gu,
Jiakui Guo,
Di Wu,
Qiang Li,
Wanshan Song

Published: June 15, 2015
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0130353

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