Type 2 diabetes mellitus and cognitive performance in a population-based sample of the oldest old: Impact of comorbid dementia

Aging, Neuropsychology, and Cognition

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 99-107

  Hassing, Linda B ^a,b   Johansson, Boo ^a,b   Pedersen, Nancy L ^c,d   Nilsson, Sven E ^b   Berg, Stig ^b   McClearn, Gerald ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

^b JÖNKÖPING UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^e PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; COGNITION; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMENTIA; DEPTH PERCEPTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; MULTIINFARCT DEMENTIA; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; PERCEPTION; POPULATION; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK; SEMANTICS; SHORT TERM MEMORY; SPATIAL MEMORY; STROKE; TASK PERFORMANCE; VISUAL MEMORY;

EID: 0038682654     PISSN: 13825585     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1076/anec.10.2.99.14458     Document Type: Article

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