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Possible clinical anatomical features of right Alzheimer’s disease (RAD)

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  1. IRCCS Fondazione Don Carlo Gnocchi, Via Alfonso Capecelatro 66, 20148, Milan, Italy

    Carlo Abbate, Pietro D. Trimarchi, Emanuele Tomasini, Alessia Gallucci, Renzo Bagarolo & Fabrizio Giunco

  2. Geriatric Unit, Fondazione IRCCS Ca’ Granda-Ospedale Maggiore Policlinico, Milan, Italy

    Silvia Inglese, Sarah Damanti, Simona Ciccone, Paolo D. Rossi & Matteo Cesari

  3. PhD program in Neuroscience, School of Medicine and Surgery, University of Milano-Bicocca, Monza, Italy

    Alessia Gallucci

  4. Department of Medical Sciences and Community Health, University of Milan, Milan, Italy

    Sarah Damanti, Daniela Mari, Beatrice Arosio & Matteo Cesari

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Abbate, C., Trimarchi, P.D., Inglese, S. et al. Possible clinical anatomical features of right Alzheimer’s disease (RAD). Aging Clin Exp Res 33, 669–671 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1007/s40520-020-01564-6

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