Efficacy and safety of a one-month treatment with zolpidem in middle-aged and elderly insomniacs

Acta Therapeutica

Volumn 23, Issue 1-2, 1997, Pages 5-19

  Peeters, K ^a,b   Boucau, M ^a   De Bouyalsky, I ^a   Van Reeth, O ^a  

^a Medical Department   (Belgium)

^b ERASME HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

Author keywords

elderly; hypnotic; imidazopyridines; insomnia; well being; zolpidem

Indexed keywords

ZOLPIDEM;

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG SAFETY; DRUG SURVEILLANCE PROGRAM; FEMALE; HEADACHE; HUMAN; INSOMNIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; SOMNOLENCE; VERTIGO; WELLBEING;

EID: 0030875947     PISSN: 03780619     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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