The role of buspirone for the treatment of cerebellar ataxia in an older individual

Canadian Journal of Clinical Pharmacology

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2005, Pages

  Holroyd Leduc, Jayna M ^a,c   Liu, Barbara A ^a,b   Maki, Brian E ^a   Zecevic, Aleksandra ^a   Herrmann, Nathan ^a   Black, Sandra E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b Kunin Lunenfeld Applied Research Unit and Department of Food and Nutrition Services and Baycrest Centre for Geriatric Care   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY HEALTH NETWORK   (Canada)

Author keywords

Aged, 80 and over; Buspirone; Cerebellar ataxia

Indexed keywords

BUSPIRONE; CLOPIDOGREL; HERBACEOUS AGENT; HYDROCHLOROTHIAZIDE; PLACEBO; VITAMIN;

AGED; ARTICLE; BALANCE IMPAIRMENT; BRAIN ATROPHY; CASE REPORT; CEREBELLAR ATAXIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIZZINESS; DRUG DOSE REGIMEN; DRUG MECHANISM; DRUG TOLERABILITY; DRUG TOLERANCE; GAIT; HUMAN; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PANIC; PROGNOSIS; STABILOGRAPHY;

EID: 30744431894     PISSN: 1198581X     EISSN: 17106222     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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