Agrypnia with nocturnal confusional behaviors in dementia with lewy bodies: immediate efficacy of rivastigmine

Movement Disorders

Volumn 25, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 647-649

  Terzaghi, Michele ^a   Rustioni, Valter ^a   Manni, Raffaele ^a   Pacchetti, Claudio ^b   Zangaglia, Roberta ^b   Ossola, Maria ^b  

^a C MONDINO NATIONAL NEUROLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PAVIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LEVODOPA; RIVASTIGMINE;

AGED; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONFUSION; DIFFUSE LEWY BODY DISEASE; DRUG EFFICACY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INSOMNIA; LETTER; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; NIGHT SLEEP; PARKINSONISM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REM SLEEP; UNIFIED PARKINSON DISEASE RATING SCALE;

AGED; CONFUSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEWY BODY DISEASE; NEUROPROTECTIVE AGENTS; PHENYLCARBAMATES; SLEEP INITIATION AND MAINTENANCE DISORDERS;

EID: 77951248004     PISSN: 08853185     EISSN: 15318257     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mds.22726     Document Type: Letter

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