The concept of mild cognitive impairment: Relevance and limits in clinical practice

Frontiers of Neurology and Neuroscience

Volumn 24, Issue , 2009, Pages 12-19

  Michon, Agnès ^a  

^a GENEVA UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHOLINE ACETYLTRANSFERASE; CHOLINESTERASE INHIBITOR;

AGING; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; AMNESIA; ATTENTION; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; CHOLINERGIC ACTIVITY; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CLINICAL RESEARCH; COGNITION; COGNITIVE DEFECT; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DEMENTIA; DEPRESSION; DEPTH PERCEPTION; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; DIFFUSE LEWY BODY DISEASE; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DRUG USE; DYSPHORIA; DYSTHYMIA; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; EPISODIC MEMORY; HUMAN; LANGUAGE; MEMORY DISORDER; MENTAL CONCENTRATION; METABOLIC DISORDER; MILD COGNITIVE IMPAIRMENT; MULTIINFARCT DEMENTIA; NEUROIMAGING; NUTRITIONAL DISORDER; PRIMARY PROGRESSIVE APHASIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RECALL; REVIEW; SELF REPORT; SEMANTIC MEMORY; SENESCENCE; THINKING; CLASSIFICATION;

COGNITION DISORDERS; HUMANS;

EID: 65349186240     PISSN: 16604431     EISSN: 16622804     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1159/000197880     Document Type: Review

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