Treatment of diogenes syndrome with risperidone

Aging, Neuropsychology, and Cognition

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 96-98

  Herrán, Andrés ^a   Vázquez Barquero, José Luis ^a  

^a HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO MARQUÉS DE VALDECILLA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RISPERIDONE;

AGED; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR THERAPY; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COGNITION; DEMENTIA; DIOGENES SYNDROME; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MENTAL DISEASE; TREATMENT FAILURE;

EID: 0033392457     PISSN: 13825585     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1076/anec.6.2.96.785     Document Type: Article

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