Involuntary weight loss associated with cholinesterase inhibitors in dementia [9]

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

Volumn 54, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 1013-1014

  Stewart, Jonathan T ^a   Gorelik, Asher R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHOLINESTERASE INHIBITOR; DONEPEZIL; GALANTAMINE;

AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ANOREXIA; BODY WEIGHT DISORDER; CASE REPORT; COGNITION; DEMENTIA; DIARRHEA; FAILURE TO THRIVE; FUNCTIONAL STATUS; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASE; HUMAN; INSTITUTIONALIZATION; INTESTINE OBSTRUCTION; LETTER; MALE; MEMORY DISORDER; MINI MENTAL STATE EXAMINATION; MORTALITY; MULTIINFARCT DEMENTIA; NAUSEA; QUALITY OF LIFE; VOMITING; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANOREXIA; CHOLINESTERASE INHIBITORS; DEMENTIA; HUMANS; MALE; RISK FACTORS; WEIGHT LOSS;

EID: 33744902354     PISSN: 00028614     EISSN: 15325415     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1532-5415.2006.00756.x     Document Type: Letter

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