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Delusions in Alzheimer’s Disease
Alzheimer’s disease (AD) is associated with cognitive and functional impairment as well as neuropsychiatric complications, including psychotic symptoms such as delusions and hallucinations. Recent studies strongly suggest that delusions should be separated from hallucinations. While AD with delusions is a phenotypically distinct from AD without delusions, subtypes of delusions may also define f...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: The Dublin Journal of Medical Science
سال: 1887
ISSN: 0790-231X
DOI: 10.1007/bf02973048