The glutamatergic system and neurodegene
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Ramón Cacabelos; Masatoshi Takeda; Bengt Winblad
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Article
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1999
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John Wiley and Sons
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English
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## EPIDEMIOLOGY AND COSTS OF DEMENTIA Alzheimer's disease (AD) is a major health problem in developed countries, accounting for approximately 50±70% of all types of dementia, followed by vascular dementia (VD, 30±40%), mixed dementia (MXD, 10±15%) and other dementing illness (10±15%) (Cacabelos, 1