The influence of multimorbidity on clinical progression of dementia in a population-based cohort.

INTRODUCTION: Co-occurrence with other chronic diseases may influence the progression of dementia, especially in case of multiple chronic diseases. We aimed to verify whether multimorbidity influenced cognitive and daily functioning during nine years after dementia diagnosis compared with the influe...

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Main Authors: René J F Melis, Alessandra Marengoni, Debora Rizzuto, Steven Teerenstra, Miia Kivipelto, Sara B Angleman, Laura Fratiglioni
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2013-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3875493?pdf=render