Anticholinergic Drugs and Cognitive Functions
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[Effect of anticholinergic drugs on cognitive impairment in the elderly].
The use of anticholinergic drugs is common in the elderly, even in people with cognitive impairment. A systematic search was conducted in PubMed (anticholinergic effects, anticholinergic and dementia) to define the effects of anticholinergic drugs in the elderly. We emphasized the search in patterns of use, the combined use with AChEIs, the measurement of the Serum Anticholinergic Activity, and...
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عنوان ژورنال: Internal Medicine
سال: 1998
ISSN: 0918-2918,1349-7235
DOI: 10.2169/internalmedicine.37.493