Diabetes mellitus and dementia: Advocating an annual cognitive screening in patients with diabetes mellitus

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

Volumn 56, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 1976-1977

  Murthy, Santosh B ^a   Jawaid, Ali ^a   Schulz, Paul E ^a  

^a BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALZHEIMER DISEASE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; COGNITION; COGNITIVE DEFECT; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; HUMAN; LETTER; MINI MENTAL STATE EXAMINATION; MORBIDITY; MULTIINFARCT DEMENTIA; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTOR; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; DEMENTIA, VASCULAR; DIABETES COMPLICATIONS; HUMANS;

EID: 53149083012     PISSN: 00028614     EISSN: 15325415     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1532-5415.2008.01914.x     Document Type: Letter

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