Effectiveness of collaborative treatment using Korean and Western medicine for mild cognitive impairment or dementia:

Hye-Yoon Lee1, Hyung-Won Kang, NamKwen Kim

  • 1Pusan National University Korean Medicine Hospital, Yangsan-si, Gyeongsangnam-do Wonkwang University Sanbon Hospital, Gunpo-si, Gyeonggi-do School of Korean medicine, Pusan National University, Yangsan-si, Gyeongsangnam-do National Medical Center, Jung-gu, Seoul Department of Korean Neuropsychiatry Medicine, College of Korean Medicine, Wonkwang University, Iksan-si, Jeollabuk-do Department of Oriental Neuropsychiatry, College of Korean Medicine, Daejeon University, Daejeon Department of Neuropsychiatry, Dongguk University Bundang Oriental Hospital, Seongnamsi, Gyeonggi-do Gwangju Oriental Hospital of Wonkwang University, Nam-gu, Gwangju Department of Neuropsychiatry, College of Korean Medicine, Gachon University, Seongnam-si, Gyeonggi-do, Republic of Korea.

Medicine
|September 2, 2018
PubMed
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