Weight loss is commonly observed in patients with Alzheimer's disease and is an accepted symptom of the clinical diagnostic criteria in current use. It is, however, unclear as to whether disease or dietetic factors are responsible for the causation of weight loss. Difficulty also arises due to varia
Memory loss in alzheimer disease
โ Scribed by Robert H. Cook
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 1979
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 187 KB
- Volume
- 5
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0364-5134
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