Quetiapine in the elderly with parkinsonism and psychosis

European Psychiatry

Volumn 18, Issue 7, 2003, Pages 372-373

  Wijnen, H H ^a   Van Der Heijden, F M M A ^a   Van Schendel, F M E ^a   Tuinier, S ^a   Verhoeven, W M A ^a,b  

^a VINCENT VAN GOGH INSTITUTE FOR PSYCHIATRY   (Netherlands)

^b ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Elderly; Parkinsonism; Psychosis; Quetiapine

Indexed keywords

HALOPERIDOL; QUETIAPINE; RISPERIDONE;

AGED; AGITATION; APATHY; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; BRADYKINESIA; CASE REPORT; COGNITIVE DEFECT; DELUSION; DEMENTIA; DEPRESSION; DRUG ACTIVITY; DRUG EFFECT; EXTRAPYRAMIDAL SYMPTOM; FEMALE; GAIT; HUMAN; MEMORY DISORDER; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; MUSCLE HYPERTONIA; NEGLECT; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; ORTHOSTATIC HYPOTENSION; PARANOIA; PARKINSONISM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOSIS; RIGIDITY; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SIDE EFFECT; SYMPTOM; TREATMENT FAILURE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VISUAL HALLUCINATION;

EID: 0344013017     PISSN: 09249338     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.eurpsy.2003.01.001     Document Type: Article

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