Behavioral and Psychological Symptoms in Alzheimer’s Disease
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Behavioral and Psychological Symptoms in Alzheimer's Disease
Neuropsychiatric symptoms (NPS) such as depression, apathy, aggression, and psychosis are now recognized as core features of Alzheimer's disease (AD), and there is a general consensus that greater symptom severity is predictive of faster cognitive decline, loss of independence, and even shorter survival. Whether these symptoms result from the same pathogenic processes responsible for cognitive ...
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عنوان ژورنال: BioMed Research International
سال: 2014
ISSN: 2314-6133,2314-6141
DOI: 10.1155/2014/927804