Coronavirus Disease 2019 and Dementia: Recommendation of the Korean Dementia Association

Affiliations

¹ Department of Neurology, Hallym University Sacred Heart Hospital, Hallym Neurological Institute, Hallym University College of Medicine, Anyang, Korea.
² Department of Neurology, Eunpyeong St. Mary's Hospital, College of Medicine, The Catholic University of Korea, Seoul, Korea.
³ Department of Neurology, Anam Hospital, Korea University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea.
⁴ Department of Neurology, Kangwon National University Hospital, Kangwon National University, Chuncheon, Korea.
⁵ Department of Neurology, Hanyang University Guri Hospital, Guri, Korea.
⁶ Department of Neurology, Wonkwang University Hospital, Wonkwang University School of Medicine, Iksan, Korea.
⁷ Department of Neurology, Incheon St. Mary's Hospital, The Catholic University of Korea, Incheon, Korea.
⁸ Department of Neurology, Seoul National University Bundang Hospital, Seoul National University, Seongnam, Korea.
⁹ Department of Neurology, Anam Hospital, Korea University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea. kunu@korea.ac.kr.

Editorial

Jae Sung Lim et al. Dement Neurocogn Disord. 2020 Dec.

. 2020 Dec;19(4):125-128.

doi: 10.12779/dnd.2020.19.4.125.

¹ Department of Neurology, Hallym University Sacred Heart Hospital, Hallym Neurological Institute, Hallym University College of Medicine, Anyang, Korea.
² Department of Neurology, Eunpyeong St. Mary's Hospital, College of Medicine, The Catholic University of Korea, Seoul, Korea.
³ Department of Neurology, Anam Hospital, Korea University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea.
⁴ Department of Neurology, Kangwon National University Hospital, Kangwon National University, Chuncheon, Korea.
⁵ Department of Neurology, Hanyang University Guri Hospital, Guri, Korea.
⁶ Department of Neurology, Wonkwang University Hospital, Wonkwang University School of Medicine, Iksan, Korea.
⁷ Department of Neurology, Incheon St. Mary's Hospital, The Catholic University of Korea, Incheon, Korea.
⁸ Department of Neurology, Seoul National University Bundang Hospital, Seoul National University, Seongnam, Korea.
⁹ Department of Neurology, Anam Hospital, Korea University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea. kunu@korea.ac.kr.

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Conflict of interest statement

The authors have no financial conflicts of interest.

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