Shifting the Focus of Dementia Prevention: Ethical Considerations
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Anticipating the diagnosis of Alzheimer's Disease (AD) and other dementias depends on seeing such conditions as progressive neuropathological phenomena originating before clinical manifestation...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Ajob Neuroscience
سال: 2021
ISSN: ['2150-7740', '2150-7759']
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/21507740.2021.1941405