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Am J Psychiatry 1988; 145:107-109
Copyright © 1988 by American Psychiatric Association


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Self-care capacity and anticholinergic drug levels in nursing home patients

BW Rovner, A David, MJ Lucas-Blaustein, B Conklin, L Filipp and L Tune
Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD.

The serum anticholinergic levels of 22 demented nursing home patients were related to their cognition and capacity for self-care. The patients with high anticholinergic levels had greater impairment in self-care capacity than patients with low levels.


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