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Dementia Overview (cont.)

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Author: Charles Patrick Davis, MD, PhD
Editor: Melissa Conrad Stöppler, MD, Chief Medical Editor

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"Types of Dementia." WebMD Medical Reference. 7 July 2012.

Previous contributing authors and editors: Coauthor: Julia Frank, MD. Editors: Nestor Galvez-Jimenez, MD, Program Director of Movement Disorders, Director of Neurology Residency Training Program, Department of Neurology, Division of Medicine, Cleveland Clinic Florida; Francisco Talavera, PharmD, PhD, Senior Pharmacy Editor, eMedicine; Helmi L Lutsep, MD, Associate Director, Oregon Stroke Center; Associate Professor, Department of Neurology, Oregon Health and Science University.


Last Editorial Review: 5/17/2013

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