Role of lormetazepam in the treatment of insomnia in the elderly

Clinical Drug Investigation

Volumn 27, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 325-332

  De Vanna, Maurizio ^a   Rubiera, Marta ^a   Onor, Maria Luisa ^a   Aguglia, Eugenio ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TRIESTE   (Italy)

^b UCO of Clinical Psychiatry   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LORMETAZEPAM;

ABSENCE OF SIDE EFFECTS; AGED; AROUSAL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFICACY; ELDERLY CARE; EPWORTH SLEEPINESS SCALE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; HYGIENE; INSOMNIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTPATIENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCORING SYSTEM; SLEEP; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TRAINING; VITAL SIGN;

AGED; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPNOTICS AND SEDATIVES; LORAZEPAM; MALE; SLEEP; SLEEP INITIATION AND MAINTENANCE DISORDERS;

EID: 34249053641     PISSN: 11732563     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2165/00044011-200727050-00003     Document Type: Article

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