Neurobiology of Aging
Volume 29, Issue 7 , Pages 1022-1026 , July 2008

Factors associated with lower Mini Mental State Examination scores in elderly Japanese diabetes mellitus patients

  • Hiroyuki Umegaki

      Affiliations

    • Department of Geriatrics, Nagoya University Graduate School of Medicine, 65 Tsuruma-Cho, Showa-Ku, Nagoya, Aichi 466-8550, Japan
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +81 52 744 2365; fax: +81 52 744 2371.
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  • Satoshi Iimuro

      Affiliations

    • Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Graduate School of Medicine, University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
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  • Tetsuji Kaneko

      Affiliations

    • Department of Biostatistics, School of Health Sciences and Nursing, University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
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  • Atsushi Araki

      Affiliations

    • Department of Endocrinological Medicine, Tokyo Metropolitan Geriatric Medical Center, Tokyo, Japan
    • ,
  • Takashi Sakurai

      Affiliations

    • Department of Internal and Geriatric Medicine, Kobe University Graduate School of Medicine, Kobe, Japan
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  • Yasuo Ohashi

      Affiliations

    • Department of Biostatistics, School of Health Sciences and Nursing, University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
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  • Akihisa Iguchi

      Affiliations

    • Department of Geriatrics, Nagoya University Graduate School of Medicine, 65 Tsuruma-Cho, Showa-Ku, Nagoya, Aichi 466-8550, Japan
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  • Hideki Ito

      Affiliations

    • Tokyo Metropolitan Geriatric Medical Center, Tokyo, Japan

Received 22 April 2006 ,Revised 8 January 2007 ,Accepted 5 February 2007.

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doi: 10.1016/j.neurobiolaging.2007.02.004

Neurobiology of Aging
Volume 29, Issue 7 , Pages 1022-1026 , July 2008

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