Apathy syndrome treated successfully with modafinil

BMJ Case Reports

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages

  Camargos, Einstein Francisco ^a   Quintas, Juliana Lima ^a  

^a HOSPITAL UNIVERSITÁRIO DE BRASÍLIA   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CITALOPRAM; CLOXAZOLAM; DESVENLAFAXINE; ESCITALOPRAM; MODAFINIL; VENLAFAXINE;

AGED; APATHY; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG DOSE INCREASE; DRUG DOSE REDUCTION; DRUG EFFECT; EMOTIONAL DISORDER; EVENING DOSAGE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GERIATRIC DEPRESSION SCALE; HUMAN; MOTIVATION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGIC ASSESSMENT; PSYCHOLOGICAL RATING SCALE; SWIMMING; TREATMENT DURATION;

EID: 81455139246     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1757790X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bcr.08.2011.4652     Document Type: Article

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