Progressive Supranuclear Palsy With Agitation: Response to Trazodone but not to Thiothixine or Carbamazepine

Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry and Neurology

Volumn 2, Issue 2, 1989, Pages 109-112

  Schneider, Lon S ^a   Gleason, Ronald P ^b   Chui, Helena C ^b  

^a Department of Psychiatry and the Behavioral Sciences ^*  (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBAMAZEPINE; TIOTIXENE; TRAZODONE;

AGED; AGGRESSION; AGITATION; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGRESSIVE SUPRANUCLEAR PALSY;

AGED; CARBAMAZEPINE; CASE REPORT; HUMAN; MALE; PSYCHOMOTOR AGITATION; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T; SUPPORT, U.S. GOV'T, P.H.S.; SUPRANUCLEAR PALSY, PROGRESSIVE; THIOTHIXENE; TRAZODONE;

EID: 0024951026     PISSN: 08919887     EISSN: 15525708     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/089198878900200212     Document Type: Article

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