Memantine dosing in patients with dementia

American Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 170-173

  Dolder, Christian ^a,b   Nelson, Michael ^b   McKinsey, Jonathan ^a  

^a Carolinas Medical Center NorthEast   (United States)

^b WINGATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Adverse effect; Dementia; Dose; Memantine

Indexed keywords

MEMANTINE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; DEMENTIA; DIZZINESS; DOSE KIDNEY FUNCTION RELATION; DRUG DOSE REGIMEN; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG SAFETY; FATIGUE; FEMALE; GERIATRIC PATIENT; GERONTOPSYCHIATRY; HEADACHE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRESCRIPTION; REGISTER; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SOMNOLENCE; CHEMICALLY INDUCED DISORDER; DOSE RESPONSE; HOME FOR THE AGED; KIDNEY DISEASE; MIDDLE AGED; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

DEMENTIA; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; GERIATRIC PSYCHIATRY; HOMES FOR THE AGED; HUMANS; KIDNEY DISEASES; MEMANTINE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 60849130968     PISSN: 10647481     EISSN: 15457214     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/JGP.0b013e318186bd7b     Document Type: Article

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