Stimulant treatment of frontotemporal dementia in 8 patients

Journal of Clinical Psychiatry

Volumn 69, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 1981-1982

  Huey, Edward D ^a   Garcia, Charisse ^b   Wassermann, Eric M ^a   Tierney, Michael C ^a   Grafman, Jordan ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF NEUROLOGICAL DISORDERS AND STROKE   (United States)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEXAMPHETAMINE; QUETIAPINE;

AGITATION; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER; AUTOPSY; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG DOSE INCREASE; DRUG TOLERABILITY; EXTRAPYRAMIDAL SYNDROME; FRONTOTEMPORAL DEMENTIA; HUMAN; LETTER; MENTAL DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SEDATION; SIDE EFFECT; SLEEP DISORDER;

ANTIPSYCHOTIC AGENTS; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM STIMULANTS; CROSS-OVER STUDIES; DEMENTIA; DEXTROAMPHETAMINE; DIBENZOTHIAZEPINES; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; DRUG ADMINISTRATION SCHEDULE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS;

EID: 60349131605     PISSN: 01606689     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4088/JCP.v69n1219a     Document Type: Letter

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