Cannabinoids for pain in dementia: The good, the bad, and the ugly

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

Volumn 62, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 1001-1002

  Ahmed, Amir I A ^a,b   Van Den Elsen, Geke A H ^b   Van Der Marck, Marjolein A ^b   Olde Rikkert, Marcel G M ^b  

^a VINCENT VAN GOGH INSTITUTE FOR PSYCHIATRY   (Netherlands)

^b RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CANNABINOID;

DEMENTIA; HUMAN; LETTER; PAIN; PAIN ASSESSMENT;

AGED; CANNABINOIDS; DEMENTIA; HUMANS; PAIN; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84900532584     PISSN: 00028614     EISSN: 15325415     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jgs.12817     Document Type: Letter

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