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Tooth Loss-associated Cognitive Impairment in the Elderly: A Community-based Study in Japan

OBJECTIVE: Dementia is a major cause of disruption for a healthy life expectancy in Japan. It has been suggested that the number of teeth is a modifiable risk factor for cognitive impairment and dementia. We therefore examined the possible association between the cognitive function and the number of...

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Autores principales: Kato, Hajime, Takahashi, Yoshimi, Iseki, Chifumi, Igari, Ryosuke, Sato, Hidenori, Sato, Hiroyasu, Koyama, Shingo, Tobita, Muneshige, Kawanami, Toru, Iino, Mitsuyoshi, Ishizawa, Kenichi, Kato, Takeo
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: The Japanese Society of Internal Medicine 2019
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6548929/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30626824
http://dx.doi.org/10.2169/internalmedicine.1896-18