Mild cognitive impairment: Challenging issues

American Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry

Volumn 16, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 339-342

  Ganguli, Mary ^a,b   Petersen, Ronald C ^c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH GRADUATE SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c INDIANA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGING; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; COGNITION; DEMENTIA; DEMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; EDITORIAL; MILD COGNITIVE IMPAIRMENT; MORTALITY; NEUROPATHOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; AGED; COGNITIVE DEFECT; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; HEALTH; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MEDICAL ETHICS; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY;

AGED; AGING; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; COGNITION DISORDERS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; ETHICS, MEDICAL; HUMANS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TRUTH DISCLOSURE; WORLD HEALTH;

EID: 48649100991     PISSN: 10647481     EISSN: 15457214     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/JGP.0b013e31816c3fdb     Document Type: Editorial

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