Diagnosis and management of mild cognitive impairment in the community: What is the role of primary care physician?

Malaysian Family Physician

Volumn 6, Issue 2-3, 2011, Pages 74-78

  Ambigga, D ^a   Suthahar, A ^a   Ramli, A R ^a   Ng, K K ^a   Radziah, A ^b   Marymol, K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITI TEKNOLOGI MARA   (Malaysia)

^b Family Medicine Specialist   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Dementia; Malaysia; Mild cognitive impairment; Primary care; Short term memory loss

Indexed keywords

EID: 84857089143     PISSN: 1985207X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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