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Risk Factors for Dementia: A Review of Hypotheses and Current Epidemiological Evidence

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Diagnosis and Treatment of Senile Dementia

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“Cogito, ergo sum,” Decartes’ famous dictum, underlines the particular horror of a dementing illness. A state of mindlessness, when it represents an irreversible deterioration from previously competent, adult mental function, must constitute one of the most tragic of human conditions.

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  1. M. R. Eastwood
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  1. Rheinische Landesklinik Köln, Wilhelm-Griesinger-Straße 23, D-5000, Köln 91, Germany

    Manfred Bergener

  2. NYU Medical Center, 550 First Avenue, New York, NY, 10016, USA

    Barry Reisberg M. D.

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Eastwood, M.R., Rifat, S.L. (1989). Risk Factors for Dementia: A Review of Hypotheses and Current Epidemiological Evidence. In: Bergener, M., Reisberg, B. (eds) Diagnosis and Treatment of Senile Dementia. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-46658-8_4

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