Association of cognitive dysfunction with hippocampal atrophy in elderly Japanese people with type 2 diabetes
โ Scribed by Kumi Hayashi; Soichi Kurioka; Toru Yamaguchi; Miwa Morita; Ippei Kanazawa; Hirofumi Takase; Akihiko Wada; Hajime Kitagaki; Atsushi Nagai; Hirokazu Bokura; Shuhei Yamaguchi; Toshitsugu Sugimoto
- Book ID
- 116407213
- Publisher
- Elsevier Science
- Year
- 2011
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 298 KB
- Volume
- 94
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0168-8227
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