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Acetylcholinesterase inhibitor donepezil in the treatment of cognitive deficit in schizophrenia. Subanalysis of the active branch from Czech extended double blind study

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  16 April 2020

M. Pérez*
Affiliation:
Department of Psychiatry, Hospital Havirov, Charles University, Prague, Faculty of Medicine, Hradec Kralove, Czech Republic
I. Tůma
Affiliation:
Department of Psychiatry, Hospital Havirov, Charles University, Prague, Faculty of Medicine, Hradec Kralove, Czech Republic
O. Pytela
Affiliation:
Department of Psychiatry, Teaching Hospital Hradec Králové, Charles University in Prague, Faculty of Medicine in Hradec Kralove, Czech Republic
E. Kadlecová
Affiliation:
University of Pardubice, Faculty of Chemical Technology, Czech Republic
M. Zemanová
Affiliation:
Department of Psychiatry Pisek, Czech Republic
Z. Lenderová
Affiliation:
State Psychiatric Hospital Havlickuv Brod, Czech Republic
*
*Corresponding author. Na Dolním Poli, 12, Opava, 746 01, Czech Republic. E-mail address: [email protected] (M. Pérez).
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Abstract

The article mentions the conclusions of most evidential works investigating donepezil in the treatment of cognitive deficit in schizophrenia. It focuses on an analysis of a sub-group of 20 patients receiving treatment of the donepezil in an extended Czech double-blind placebo controlled study.

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Copyright © Elsevier Masson SAS 2006

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