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The organic brain syndrome is generally defined as a process of chronic progressive deterioration of cognitive, including memory, functions with secondary emotional, personality, and behavior disturbances. But while it has many different causes, its occurrence is most prevalent in association with the aging process.
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Malamud, N. (1972). Neuropathology of Organic Brain Syndromes Associated with Aging. In: Gaitz, C.M. (eds) Aging and the Brain. Advances in Behavioral Biology, vol 3. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4684-8503-5_6
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