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Electroencephalographic and Clinical Changes as Correlated in Geriatric Patients Treated Three Months with an Ergot Alkaloid Preparation
Author(s) -
MAT[EJCEK MILAN,
KNOR KAREL,
PIGUET PIERREV,
WEIL CLAUDE
Publication year - 1979
Publication title -
journal of the american geriatrics society
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.992
H-Index - 232
eISSN - 1532-5415
pISSN - 0002-8614
DOI - 10.1111/j.1532-5415.1979.tb06031.x
Subject(s) - medicine , alkaloid , drug , clinical trial , pediatrics , psychiatry , chemistry , stereochemistry
The results of a 3‐month trial with an ergot alkaloid preparation (Hydergine) in 16 geriatric patients showed that, in accordance with a previously proposed working hypothesis, the improvement induced by the drug in electroencephalographic age‐related changes was accompanied by clinical improvement in patients with similarly age‐related mental deterioration.