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Longitudinal Changes in Cognition

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The prevalence of Alzheimer’s disease (AD), the most common cause of dementia, rises steeply with age (Pfeffer et al., 1987; Evans et al.,1990). Since life expectancy is increasing, the number of patients with dementia and AD will correspondingly increase.

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  1. University of Manchester, UK

    Alistair Burns (Professor of Old Age Psychiatry) (Professor of Old Age Psychiatry)

  2. Institute of Psychiatry, London, UK

    Raymond Levy (Professor of Old Age Psychiatry) (Professor of Old Age Psychiatry)

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Corey-Bloom, J., Galasko, D., Thal, L.J. (1994). Longitudinal Changes in Cognition. In: Burns, A., Levy, R. (eds) Dementia. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4615-6805-6_5

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