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To what degree does cognitive impairment in Alzheimer's disease predict dependence of patients on caregivers?

BACKGROUND: Patients with Alzheimer's disease experience a progressive loss of cognitive function, and the ability to independently perform activities of daily life. Sometimes a dependent stage is reached quite early in the disease, when caregivers decide that the patients can no longer be left...

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Autores principales: Caro, Jaime, Ward, Alexandra, Ishak, Khajak, Migliaccio-Walle, Kristen, Getsios, Denis, Papadopoulos, George, Torfs, Koen
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2002
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC123722/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/12184819
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2377-2-6