Clinical and demographic characteristics of elderly patients with dementia assisted at an outpatient clinic in Southern Brazil

Abstract The aging of the population is a worldwide phenomenon, where 60% of elders live in developing areas of the world such as Brazil, regions in which few studies have been carried out. Objectives: The goal of this study was to evaluate the clinical and demographic profile of patients with demen...

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Main Authors: Cláudia Godinho, Iulek Gorczevski, Andréa Heisler, Maria Otília Cerveira, Márcia Lorena Chaves
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Associação Neurologia Cognitiva e do Comportamento
Series:Dementia & Neuropsychologia
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1980-57642010000100042&lng=en&tlng=en