Use of combined treatment with melatonin and clomethiazole in circadian rhythm sleep disorder in the elderly with dementia;Uso del tratamiento combinado de melatonina y clometiazol en el trastorno del ritmo circadiano del sueño en pacientes ancianos con demencia

Revista Espanola de Geriatria y Gerontologia

Volumn 44, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 233-234

  Simón Padilla, Oscar Jerónimo ^a   De Linares Del Río, Carlos ^b   Godden, Paul ^c   Granizo, Elías ^b   Pinilla, Martín ^d   Rodríguez, Catalina ^e  

^a HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO VIRGEN DE LA VICTORIA   (Spain)

^b Servicio Andaluz de Salud ^*  (Spain)

^c Servicio Andaluz de Salud   (Spain)

^d Excelentísima Diputación de Málaga   (Spain)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MÁLAGA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BENZODIAZEPINE; CLOMETHIAZOLE; LOPRAZOLAM; MELATONIN; TRAZODONE; ZOLPIDEM;

CIRCADIAN RHYTHM SLEEP DISORDER; DEMENTIA; EVALUATION; HUMAN; LETTER; MEDICAL LITERATURE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY;

EID: 67651119810     PISSN: 0211139X     EISSN: 15781747     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.regg.2009.03.015     Document Type: Letter

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