Glucose levels and risk of dementia

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 369, Issue 19, 2013, Pages 1863-1864

  Kielstein, Jan T ^a  

^a HANNOVER MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLUCOSE;

ALBUMINURIA; CHRONIC KIDNEY DISEASE; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEMENTIA; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; EPISODIC MEMORY; GLOMERULUS FILTRATION RATE; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; LETTER; MENTAL CAPACITY; MENTAL PERFORMANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; UNITED STATES; VERBAL MEMORY; BLOOD; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; HYPERGLYCEMIA; MALE; NOTE;

BLOOD GLUCOSE; DEMENTIA; DIABETES COMPLICATIONS; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERGLYCEMIA; MALE;

EID: 84887034665     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: 15334406     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJMc1311765     Document Type: Letter

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