Dementia: Indian scenario

Neurology India

Volumn 60, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 618-624

  Das, Shyamal K ^a   Pal, Sandip ^a   Ghosal, Malay K ^b  

^a BURDWAN MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

^b MEDICAL COLLEGE AND HOSPITAL   (India)

Author keywords

Caregiver burden; Dementia; Epidemiology; Genetic study; India; Risk and protective factors

Indexed keywords

APOLIPOPROTEIN E4;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; AWARENESS; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; CAREGIVER BURDEN; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CULTURAL FACTOR; DEMENTIA; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INDIA; MENTAL DISEASE; MILD COGNITIVE IMPAIRMENT; MORTALITY; NEUROIMAGING; NEUROPATHOLOGY; POPULATION GENETICS; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTOR; SEX RATIO; CAREGIVER; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGY;

CAREGIVERS; DEMENTIA; HUMANS; INDIA; NEUROIMAGING;

EID: 84872183926     PISSN: 00283886     EISSN: 19984022     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/0028-3886.105197     Document Type: Article

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