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Pisa syndrome in a cohort of Alzheimer's disease patients
Author(s) -
Vanacore N.,
Suzzareddu G.,
Maggini M.,
Casula A.,
Capelli P.,
Raschetti R.
Publication year - 2005
Publication title -
acta neurologica scandinavica
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.967
H-Index - 95
eISSN - 1600-0404
pISSN - 0001-6314
DOI - 10.1111/j.1600-0404.2005.00388.x
Subject(s) - cholinesterase , dementia , medicine , cohort , disease , degenerative disease , alzheimer's disease , cohort study , pediatrics
Three Alzheimer's disease patients with Pisa syndrome were presented. These patients were treated with cholinesterase inhibitors within a post‐marketing surveillance study. The clinical and pharmacological histories of these patients suggest a relation between cholinesterase inhibitors and the pleurothotonus. The diffuse use of cholinesterase inhibitors in the treatment of dementia may cause an increasing number of Pisa syndrome cases.