Assessment of a senegalese memory clinic;Bilan de fonctionnement d'une clinique de la memoire senegalaise

African Journal of Neurological Sciences

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2011, Pages

  Ndiaye, Ndongo Ndéye Dialé ^a   Sylla, Aida ^a   Touré, Kamadore ^b   Thiam, Mamadou Habib ^a   Gueye, Momar ^a  

^a Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Dakar   (Senegal)

^b UNIVERSITÉ CHEIKH ANTA DIOP   (Senegal)

Author keywords

Alzheimer disease; Cognitive impairment; Dementia; Memory clinic; Mild cognitive impairment; Sub Saharan Africa

Indexed keywords

ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENT; CHOLINESTERASE INHIBITOR;

AFRICA; AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; COGNITIVE DEFECT; DEMENTIA; DEPRESSION; DIFFUSE LEWY BODY DISEASE; DRUG COST; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MARRIAGE; MILD COGNITIVE IMPAIRMENT; MULTIINFARCT DEMENTIA; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PATIENT REFERRAL; PREVALENCE;

EID: 84861990459     PISSN: 10158618     EISSN: 19922647     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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