Memory and perceptuo-motor performance in Nigerians with chronic renal impairment

Medical Science Monitor

Volumn 12, Issue 12, 2006, Pages

  Ogunrin, A Olubunmi ^a   Unuigbe, Evelyn I ^a   Azubuike, Chuks ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BENIN   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

Memory; Nigerians; Perceptuo motor; Renal failure

Indexed keywords

CREATININE; UREA;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHRONIC KIDNEY FAILURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CREATININE BLOOD LEVEL; DYSPNEA; FEMALE; FLAPPING TREMOR; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEMORY; MENTAL CONCENTRATION; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; NIGERIA; PERCEPTION; UREA BLOOD LEVEL; VERBAL MEMORY; VISUAL MEMORY; VOMITING;

ADULT; AGED; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; KIDNEY FAILURE, CHRONIC; MALE; MEMORY DISORDERS; MIDDLE AGED; NIGERIA; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE;

EID: 33845508627     PISSN: 12341010     EISSN: 16433750     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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