Trazodone for the treatment of sleep disorders in dementia - UnB

Arq Neuropsiquiatr 2011;69(1)
Trazodone: sleep disorders in dementia
Camargos et al.
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS – We thank Prof. Pedro Tauil, MD, PhD, for
assistance in method construction and data analysis.
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