Senile anorexia: Three cases with complicated treatment and two occurrences of a Pisa syndrome

International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry

Volumn 27, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 765-768

  Schwerthöffer, Dirk ^a   Fatke, Bastian ^a   Bäuml, Josef ^a   Förstl, Hans ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DOPAMINE; NEUROLEPTIC AGENT; OLANZAPINE;

AGED; ANAMNESIS; ANOREXIA NERVOSA; CACHEXIA; CASE REPORT; COMORBIDITY; EXTRAPYRAMIDAL SYNDROME; FEMALE; HUMAN; LETTER; NEUROTRANSMISSION; OBSESSIVE COMPULSIVE DISORDER; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PISA SYNDROME; PSYCHOANALYSIS; SENILE ANOREXIA;

AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ANOREXIA NERVOSA; ANTIPSYCHOTIC AGENTS; DYSTONIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; NECK;

EID: 84862224135     PISSN: 08856230     EISSN: 10991166     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/gps.2778     Document Type: Letter

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