Reversible Anorexia and Rapid Weight Loss Associated With Neuroleptic Administration in Alzheimer's Disease
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- 1 January 1989
- journal article
- case report
- Published by SAGE Publications in Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry and Neurology
- Vol. 2 (1) , 45-47
Abstract
Weight loss and malnutrition despite adequate dietary intake has been reported to be part of the clinical course in advanced dementia of the Alzheimer type. We present a case of reversible weight loss associated with neuroleptic use in a patient with Alzheimer's disease and discuss a possible pathophysiological basis for the weight loss. (J Geriatr Psychiatry Neurol 1989-2:45-47).Keywords
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