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Psychotropic and anti-dementia treatment in elderly persons with clinical signs of dementia with Lewy bodies: a cross-sectional study in 40 nursing homes in Sweden
BACKGROUND: Elderly persons with a dementia diagnosis often suffer from different neuropsychiatric symptoms (NPS) such as delusions, hallucinations, depression, anxiety, irritability and agitation. Currently, the medical treatment for NPS consists mostly of psychotropic medication such as hypnotics/...
Autores principales: | Zahirovic, Iris, Torisson, Gustav, Wattmo, Carina, Londos, Elisabet |
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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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BioMed Central
2018
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5816356/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29454305 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12877-018-0740-4 |
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