Treatment of a patient with dementia and inappropriate sexual behaviors with citalopram

Alzheimer Disease and Associated Disorders

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 402-403

  Chen, Stephen T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Alzheimer; Citalopram; Dementia; Inappropriate; Sexual; SSRI

Indexed keywords

CITALOPRAM; FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F 18; MEMANTINE; PROSTATE SPECIFIC ANTIGEN; RIVASTIGMINE; SEROTONIN UPTAKE INHIBITOR;

AGED; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; DEMENTIA; HUMAN; INAPPROPRIATE SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; LUMBAR SPINE; MALE; MINI MENTAL STATE EXAMINATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; ONSET AGE; PATIENT MONITORING; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SPINE FRACTURE; COMPLICATION; DRUG EFFECTS; EROTICA; PSYCHOLOGY; VERY ELDERLY;

AGED, 80 AND OVER; CITALOPRAM; DEMENTIA; EROTICA; HUMANS; MALE; SEROTONIN UPTAKE INHIBITORS; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 78651389849     PISSN: 08930341     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/WAD.0b013e3181ec16ec     Document Type: Article

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