Donepezil for postoperative delirium associated with Alzheimer's disease

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

Volumn 47, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 379-380

  Wengel, Steven P ^a   Burke, William J ^a   Roccaforte, William H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DONEPEZIL;

AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ANXIETY NEUROSIS; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COGNITIVE DEFECT; DELIRIUM; DISORIENTATION; HUMAN; LETTER; MALE; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; TREATMENT INDICATION;

EID: 0032913861     PISSN: 00028614     EISSN: 15325415     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1532-5415.1999.tb03015.x     Document Type: Letter

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