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| Dementia demystified | | Author(s) | Peter Bentley |
| Journal title | Nursing Times, vol 95, no 45, 10 November 1999 |
| Pages | pp 47-49 |
| Keywords | Dementia ; Parkinson's disease ; Cognitive impairment. |
| Annotation | More than half a million people in the UK have dementia, the most common form of which is Alzheimer's disease (AD). Dementia is also a feature of the advanced stages of both Parkinson's disease and Huntington's disease. This article outlines the genetic bases of these three diseases that cause dementia in their later stages. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-000522260 A |
| Classmark | EA: CR6: E4 * |
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