Blood pressure and drug treatment in clinically diagnosed Lewy body dementia and Alzheimer's disease

Archives of Gerontology and Geriatrics

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 35-46

  Londos, Elisabet ^a   Passant, Ulla ^a   Gustafson, Lars ^a  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Alzheimer's disease; Arterial blood pressure; Lewy body dementia; Orthostatic blood pressure; Pharmacological treatment

Indexed keywords

ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENT; ANTIPARKINSON AGENT; BENZODIAZEPINE DERIVATIVE; DIGITALIS; DIURETIC AGENT; HALOPERIDOL; LEVOMEPROMAZINE; MELPERONE; NEUROLEPTIC AGENT; SEROTONIN UPTAKE INHIBITOR; STEROID; THIORIDAZINE; TRICYCLIC ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; ZUCLOPENTHIXOL;

ADULT; AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTERIAL PRESSURE; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE MONITORING; FEMALE; GERONTOPSYCHIATRY; HUMAN; LEWY BODY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; ORTHOSTATIC HYPOTENSION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE;

EID: 0033961945     PISSN: 01674943     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0167-4943(99)00049-7     Document Type: Article

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