Placebo-controlled study of divalproex sodium for agitation in dementia

American Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 58-66

  Porsteinsson, Anton P ^a   Tariot, Pierre N ^a   Erb, Rosemary ^a   Cox, Christopher ^a   Smith, Elizabeth ^a   Jakimovich, Laura ^a   Noviasky, John ^a   Kowalski, Nancy ^a   Holt, Connie J ^a   Irvine, Carrie ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PLACEBO; VALPROATE SEMISODIUM;

AGED; AGITATION; ARTICLE; ATAXIA; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMENTIA; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG SAFETY; DRUG TOLERABILITY; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL SYMPTOM; HUMAN; LONG TERM CARE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; NAUSEA; NURSING HOME; PSYCHIATRIC DIAGNOSIS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RATING SCALE; SINGLE BLIND PROCEDURE; SKIN DISEASE; SOMNOLENCE;

EID: 0035172216     PISSN: 10647481     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00019442-200102000-00009     Document Type: Article

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