Age-associated memory impairment. Normal aging or warning of dementia?

Drugs and Aging

Volumn 11, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 480-489

  Hänninen, Tuomo ^a   Soininen, Hilkka ^a  

^a KUOPIO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGING; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; AMNESIA; CLINICAL FEATURE; DEMENTIA; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; ELECTRONEUROLOGY; HUMAN; MORBIDITY; NEUROPSYCHOLOGY; NEURORADIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR;

EID: 0030867049     PISSN: 1170229X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2165/00002512-199711060-00007     Document Type: Review

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