Are subjective memory complaints mandatory for the diagnosis of mild cognitive impairment?

Internal Medicine

Volumn 46, Issue 11, 2007, Pages 791-792

  Hanyu, Haruo ^a   Sakurai, Hirofumi ^a   Iwamoto, Toshihiko ^a  

^a TOKYO MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Awareness; Memory complaint; Mild cognitive impairment

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; AMNESIA; ARTICLE; AWARENESS; BRAIN FUNCTION; CHECKLIST; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HUMAN; LANGUAGE ABILITY; MALE; MEMORY DISORDER; MINI MENTAL STATE EXAMINATION; RATING SCALE; SEX DIFFERENCE;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; AWARENESS; CAREGIVERS; COGNITION DISORDERS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEMORY DISORDERS; MENTAL STATUS SCHEDULE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 34250195378     PISSN: 09182918     EISSN: 13497235     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2169/internalmedicine.46.6241     Document Type: Article

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