Adverse events in the elderly population of Manitoba treated with antipsychotic pharmacotherapy

The safety of antipsychotic use in elderly persons has recently been questioned. The incidence of adverse events (AEs) (extrapyramidal syndromes (EPS), cerebrovascular and cardiac events, and all-cause mortality) in the elderly users of first-generation antipsychotics (FGAs) and second-generation an...

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Main Author: Vasilyeva, Irina
Other Authors: Alessi-Severini, Silvia (Pharmacy)
Language:en_US
Published: 2010
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/1993/4217