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Authors’ Reply to Brunetti et al. “Potentially Inappropriate Medications, Drug–Drug Interactions, and Anticholinergic Burden in Elderly Hospitalized Patients: Does an Association Exist with Post-Discharge Health Outcomes?”

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  1. Unit of Geriatrics, Campus Bio-Medico University of Rome, Via Alvaro del Portillo, 200, 00128, Rome, Italy

    Antonio De Vincentis, Claudio Pedone & Raffaele Antonelli Incalzi

  2. Dipartimento di Neuroscienze, IRCCS, Istituto di Ricerche Farmacologiche “Mario Negri”, Milan, Italy

    Alessandro Nobili

  3. IRCCS Ca’ Granda Maggiore Hospital Foundation and University of Milan, Milan, Italy

    Pier Mannuccio Mannucci

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De Vincentis, A., Pedone, C., Nobili, A. et al. Authors’ Reply to Brunetti et al. “Potentially Inappropriate Medications, Drug–Drug Interactions, and Anticholinergic Burden in Elderly Hospitalized Patients: Does an Association Exist with Post-Discharge Health Outcomes?”. Drugs Aging 38, 93–94 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1007/s40266-020-00819-1

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