Incidence of dementia in a Kashmiri migrant population

Annals of Indian Academy of Neurology

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 154-156

  Raina, Sunil Kumar ^a,b   Pandita, Kamal Kishore ^a   Razdan, Sushil ^a  

^a Acharya Shri Chander College of Medical Sciences   (India)

^b 5/12 Swaran Vihar ^*  (India)

Author keywords

Epilepsy; Social responsibility; Treatable

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMENTIA; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INDIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIGRATION; MINI MENTAL STATE EXAMINATION; PREVALENCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCREENING; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEX RATIO; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; STANDARDIZATION;

EID: 70350112423     PISSN: 09722327     EISSN: 19983549     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/0972-2327.56313     Document Type: Article

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