Prevalence of dementia subtypes in a developing country: a clinicopathological study

OBJECTIVES: To assess the distribution of dementia subtypes in Brazil using a population-based clinicopathological study. METHOD: Brains from deceased individuals aged ≥50 years old were collected after the next of kin signed an informed consent form and provided information through standardized q...

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Main Authors: Lea T. Grinberg, Ricardo Nitrini, Claudia K. Suemoto, Renata Eloah de Lucena Ferretti-Rebustini, Renata E.P. Leite, Jose Marcelo Farfel, Erika Santos, Mara Patricia Guilhermino de Andrade, Ana Tereza Di Lorenzo Alho, Maria do Carmo Lima, Katia C. Oliveira, Edilaine Tampellini, Livia Polichiso, Glaucia B. Santos, Roberta Diehl Rodriguez, Kenji Ueda, Carlos A. Pasqualucci, Wilson Jacob-Filho
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier España 2013-01-01
Series:Clinics
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1807-59322013000801140&lng=en&tlng=en