Donepezil for BPSD in dementia with Lewy bodies: A preliminary study

Psychogeriatrics

Volumn 6, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2006, Pages

  Ikeda, Manabu ^a  

^a EHIME UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

BPSD; Dementia; Dementia with Lewy bodies; Donepezil; Visual hallucinations; ZBI

Indexed keywords

CHOLINESTERASE INHIBITOR; DONEPEZIL; GALANTAMINE; NEUROLEPTIC AGENT; PLACEBO; RIVASTIGMINE;

AGGRESSION; ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLINICAL TRIAL; DELUSION; DEMENTIA; DEPRESSION; DIFFUSE LEWY BODY DISEASE; DRUG CHOICE; DRUG INDUCED DISEASE; EATING DISORDER; HUMAN; MENTAL DISEASE; MOTOR DYSFUNCTION; NEUROTRANSMITTER RELEASE; PARANOIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOSIS; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SLEEP DISORDER; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; VISUAL HALLUCINATION; WANDERING BEHAVIOR;

EID: 33845462576     PISSN: 13463500     EISSN: 14798301     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1479-8301.2006.00133.x     Document Type: Article

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