Donepezil for Alcohol-Related Dementia: A Case Report

Pharmacotherapy

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 419-421

  Kim, Kye Y ^a,b   Ke, Victoria ^a   Adkins, Laurie M ^a  

^a VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Alcohol related dementia; Alcoholism; Dementia; Donepezil

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; DONEPEZIL;

AGED; ALCOHOL INTOXICATION; ALCOHOLISM; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; COGNITIVE DEFECT; DEMENTIA; DISABILITY; FAMILY HISTORY; HUMAN; MALE; SIDE EFFECT; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY;

AGED; ALCOHOL-RELATED DISORDERS; COGNITION DISORDERS; DRUG ADMINISTRATION SCHEDULE; HUMANS; INDANS; INJECTIONS; MALE; PIPERIDINES; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VITAMIN B 12; VITAMIN B 12 DEFICIENCY;

EID: 1542376202     PISSN: 02770008     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1592/phco.24.4.419.33178     Document Type: Article

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