Dementia secondary to a potentially treatable cause - role of GPs
Dementia is tragic mind-wrecking disease, defined as a multifaceted decline in cognitive function severe enough to interfere with activities of daily life. We present herein two patients who presented with loss of memory and altered behaviour. The purpose of these case reports is to alert the healt...
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| author | Rathor, Mohammad Yousuf Wai, Kyaw Tun Abdul Rashid, Mohd Amran Akter, Seikh Farid Uddin |
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| description | Dementia is tragic mind-wrecking disease, defined as a multifaceted decline in cognitive function severe enough to interfere with activities of daily life. We present herein two patients who presented with loss of memory and
altered behaviour. The purpose of these case reports is to alert the health professionals, especially general practitioners, in detection of “potentially treatable " cases of dementia that can be treated effectively to restore
normal or nearly normal intellectual function. |
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| spelling | iium-145342014-07-10T04:36:42Z http://irep.iium.edu.my/14534/ Dementia secondary to a potentially treatable cause - role of GPs Rathor, Mohammad Yousuf Wai, Kyaw Tun Abdul Rashid, Mohd Amran Akter, Seikh Farid Uddin R Medicine (General) RC Internal medicine Dementia is tragic mind-wrecking disease, defined as a multifaceted decline in cognitive function severe enough to interfere with activities of daily life. We present herein two patients who presented with loss of memory and altered behaviour. The purpose of these case reports is to alert the health professionals, especially general practitioners, in detection of “potentially treatable " cases of dementia that can be treated effectively to restore normal or nearly normal intellectual function. 2009 Proceeding Paper NonPeerReviewed application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/14534/1/Dementia_secondary_to_a_potentially_treatable_cause_-_role_of_GPs.pdf Rathor, Mohammad Yousuf and Wai, Kyaw Tun and Abdul Rashid, Mohd Amran and Akter, Seikh Farid Uddin (2009) Dementia secondary to a potentially treatable cause - role of GPs. In: 24th Conference of Alzheimer's Disease International : Dementia: Engaging Societies Around the World, 25-28 March 2009, Suntec City, Singapore. (Unpublished) |
| spellingShingle | R Medicine (General) RC Internal medicine Rathor, Mohammad Yousuf Wai, Kyaw Tun Abdul Rashid, Mohd Amran Akter, Seikh Farid Uddin Dementia secondary to a potentially treatable cause - role of GPs |
| title | Dementia secondary to a potentially treatable cause - role of GPs |
| title_full | Dementia secondary to a potentially treatable cause - role of GPs |
| title_fullStr | Dementia secondary to a potentially treatable cause - role of GPs |
| title_full_unstemmed | Dementia secondary to a potentially treatable cause - role of GPs |
| title_short | Dementia secondary to a potentially treatable cause - role of GPs |
| title_sort | dementia secondary to a potentially treatable cause - role of gps |
| topic | R Medicine (General) RC Internal medicine |
| url | http://irep.iium.edu.my/14534/ http://irep.iium.edu.my/14534/1/Dementia_secondary_to_a_potentially_treatable_cause_-_role_of_GPs.pdf |