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Serum anticholinergic activity and cerebral cholinergic dysfunction: An EEG study in frail elderly with and without delirium

BACKGROUND: Delirium increases morbidity, mortality and healthcare costs especially in the elderly. Serum anticholinergic activity (SAA) is a suggested biomarker for anticholinergic burden and delirium risk, but the association with cerebral cholinergic function remains unclear. To clarify this rela...

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Autores principales: Thomas, Christine, Hestermann, Ute, Kopitz, Juergen, Plaschke, Konstanze, Oster, Peter, Driessen, Martin, Mundt, Christoph, Weisbrod, Matthias
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2008
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2564970/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18793418
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2202-9-86