Psychosis is a disabling nonmotor complication of Parkinson's disease (PD). Visual hallucinations are the most common clinical manifestation and have been observed in up to 40% of patients with advanced disease in hospital-based series. Age, cognitive dysfunction, depression, as well as severity and
Melperone is ineffective in treating Parkinson's disease psychosis
β Scribed by Joseph H. Friedman
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 2012
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 689 KB
- Volume
- 27
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0885-3185
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