Relationship between cholinesterase inhibitors and Pisa syndrome in a cohort of five French patients with Alzheimer's disease [2]

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

Volumn 55, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 1472-1475

  Huvent Grelle, Dominique ^a   Roche, Jean ^a   Camus, Fred Erick ^a   Dewailly, Philippe ^a   Puisieux, François ^a  

^a UNIV LILLE   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHOLINESTERASE INHIBITOR; DONEPEZIL; GALANTAMINE; RISPERIDONE; RIVASTIGMINE;

AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COHORT ANALYSIS; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; DYSTONIA; FEMALE; FRANCE; HUMAN; LETTER;

EID: 34548233631     PISSN: 00028614     EISSN: 15325415     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1532-5415.2007.01283.x     Document Type: Letter

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