The decreasing prevalence of reversible dementias: An updated meta-analysis

Archives of Internal Medicine

Volumn 163, Issue 18, 2003, Pages 2219-2229

  Clarfield, A Mark ^a,b,c  

^a BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COGNITIVE DEFECT; COMMUNITY CARE; COMORBIDITY; DEMENTIA; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; HEALTH ECONOMICS; HUMAN; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MEDLINE; META ANALYSIS; MULTIINFARCT DEMENTIA; NEUROIMAGING; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

DEMENTIA; HUMANS; PREVALENCE; PROGNOSIS;

EID: 0141924487     PISSN: 00039926     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archinte.163.18.2219     Document Type: Article

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