The association between high blood pressure and cognitive impairment in elderly: A brief report

Tehran University Medical Journal

Volumn 69, Issue 12, 2012, Pages 793-798

  Mahmudi, Mohammad Jafar ^a   Hedayat, Mona ^b   Sharifi, Farshad ^b   Edalat, Banoo ^b   Mirarefin, Mojde ^b   Ghaderpanahi, Maryam ^b   Fakhrzadeh, Hossein ^b  

^a TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Cognitive impairment; Elderly; Hypertension; Iran

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HYPERTENSION; IRAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEAN ARTERIAL PRESSURE; MINI MENTAL STATE EXAMINATION; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE;

EID: 84857025840     PISSN: 16831764     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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