Successful treatment of musical hallucinations with the acetylcholinesterase inhibitor donepezil

Journal of Clinical Psychopharmacology

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 422-424

  Zilles, David ^a   Zerr, Inga ^a   Wedekind, Dirk ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DONEPEZIL;

AGED; BRAIN ATROPHY; BRAIN DAMAGE; CASE REPORT; COGNITIVE DEFECT; DEPRESSION; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HALLUCINATION; HEARING IMPAIRMENT; HEARING LOSS; HUMAN; HYGROMA; HYPOACUSIS; INTOXICATION; LETTER; LOUDNESS; MENTAL HEALTH; MUSIC; MUSICAL HALLUCINATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; SLEEP DISORDER;

AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHOLINESTERASE INHIBITORS; FEMALE; HALLUCINATIONS; HUMANS; INDANS; MUSIC; PIPERIDINES; PRESBYCUSIS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WIDOWHOOD;

EID: 84861076768     PISSN: 02710749     EISSN: 1533712X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/JCP.0b013e318253a086     Document Type: Letter

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