Mianserin for the treatment of sleep disorders in patients with dementia: A retrospective open-label study

Journal of Clinical Psychopharmacology

Volumn 32, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 576-578

  Camargos, Einstein F ^a   Oliveira, Larissa F ^a   Boaventura, Thaís D V ^a   Quintas, Juliana L ^a  

^a HOSPITAL UNIVERSITÁRIO DE BRASÍLIA   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BENZODIAZEPINE DERIVATIVE; MIANSERIN; MIRTAZAPINE; PLACEBO; SEDATIVE AGENT; TRAZODONE; ZOLPIDEM;

COGNITION; DELIRIUM; DEMENTIA; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG EFFICACY; EVENING DOSAGE; HEART VENTRICLE TACHYCARDIA; HUMAN; LETTER; LOADING DRUG DOSE; ORTHOSTATIC HYPOTENSION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); REM SLEEP; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SLEEP DISORDER; SLEEP PATTERN; SLEEP QUALITY; SLEEP TIME; TREATMENT DURATION; TREATMENT RESPONSE;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DEMENTIA; HUMANS; HYPNOTICS AND SEDATIVES; MIANSERIN; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SLEEP DISORDERS;

EID: 84863648370     PISSN: 02710749     EISSN: 1533712X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/JCP.0b013e31825ddf3d     Document Type: Letter

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