Who's going to cause me trouble? Predicting behavioral disturbances in demented patients

Journal of the American Medical Directors Association

Volumn 3, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 204-205

  Thomas, David R ^a  

^a Saint Louis Health Sciences Center   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; ATYPICAL ANTIPSYCHOTIC AGENT; NEUROLEPTIC AGENT;

ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ANTICHOLINERGIC EFFECT; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; CLINICAL FEATURE; DEMENTIA; EXTRAPYRAMIDAL SYNDROME; HUMAN; LONG TERM CARE; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MENTAL DISEASE; PSYCHOSIS; SCORING SYSTEM; SHORT SURVEY; SIDE EFFECT; SYMPTOMATOLOGY;

EID: 23644444458     PISSN: 15258610     EISSN: 15389375     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1525-8610(04)70468-5     Document Type: Editorial

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