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Final Report Update 1 Drug Effectiveness Review Project

Cochrane Search Strategy
(Alzheimer OR Alzheimers) AND (Acetylcholinesterase OR Donezepil OR Rivastigmine OR
Galantamine OR Tacrine OR Memantine) = 39

EMBASE Search Strategy
(Alzheimer OR Alzheimers) AND (Acetylcholinesterase OR Donezepil OR Rivastigmine OR
Galantamine OR Tacrine OR Memantine) = 466

International Pharmaceutical Abstracts Search Strategy

(Alzheimer OR Alzheimers) AND (Acetylcholinesterase OR Donezepil OR Rivastigmine OR
Galantamine OR Tacrine OR Memantine) = 50

After removing letters, editorials, notices, foreign languages, etc, and editing for duplicates, final
numbers are:

MEDLINE = 843

Cochrane = 15

EMBASE = 355

IPA = 40

And total database (with duplicates marked) = 979.

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