Minireview: Mechanisms by which the metabolic syndrome and diabetes impair memory

Journals of Gerontology - Series A Biological Sciences and Medical Sciences

Volumn 55, Issue 5, 2000, Pages

  Kumari, Meena ^a   Brunner, Eric ^a   Fuhrer, Rebecca ^a  

^a ROYAL FREE AND UNIVERSITY COLLEGE MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

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Indexed keywords

AMNESIA; ARTICLE; COGNITIVE DEFECT; HUMAN; HYPERGLYCEMIA; HYPERTENSION; INSULIN BLOOD LEVEL; LIPID BLOOD LEVEL; METABOLIC DISORDER; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0034123957     PISSN: 10795006     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/gerona/55.5.B228     Document Type: Article

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