Prevalence of potentially reversible conditions in dementia and mild cognitive impairment in a geriatric clinic

Geriatrics and Gerontology International

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 59-64

  Muangpaisan, Weerasak ^a   Petcharat, Chonachan ^a   Srinonprasert, Varalak ^a  

^a MAHIDOL UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

Author keywords

Cognitive; Dementia; Elderly; Prevalence; Reversible

Indexed keywords

CYANOCOBALAMIN; FOLIC ACID;

AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; CYANOCOBALAMIN DEFICIENCY; DEMENTIA; DEPRESSION; DIFFUSE LEWY BODY DISEASE; FEMALE; FOLIC ACID DEFICIENCY; FRONTOTEMPORAL DEMENTIA; GERIATRIC HOSPITAL; HUMAN; HYPOTHYROIDISM; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; MILD COGNITIVE IMPAIRMENT; MIXED DEPRESSION AND DEMENTIA; MULTIINFARCT DEMENTIA; NORMOTENSIVE HYDROCEPHALUS; PARKINSON DISEASE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDODEMENTIA; SUBDURAL HEMATOMA; THAILAND;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COGNITION; DEMENTIA; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEALTH SERVICES FOR THE AGED; HUMANS; MALE; MILD COGNITIVE IMPAIRMENT; NEUROIMAGING; PREVALENCE; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; THAILAND;

EID: 84155195299     PISSN: 14441586     EISSN: 14470594     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1447-0594.2011.00728.x     Document Type: Article

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