Anticholinergic Medication Use and Cognitive Impairment in the Older Population: The Medical Research Council Cognitive Function and Ageing Study - Concepedia

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Anticholinergic Medication Use and Cognitive Impairment in the Older Population: The Medical Research Council Cognitive Function and Ageing Study

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2011

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Chris Fox, Kathryn Richardson, Ian Maidment, George M. Savva, Fiona E. Matthews, David Smithard, Simon Coulton, Cornelius Katona, Malaz Boustani, Carol Brayne

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

Abstract

The use of medications with anticholinergic activity increases the cumulative risk of cognitive impairment and mortality.

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