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Dementia is defined as a decline in cognitive abilities such as impairment of memory, reasoning, behaviour, attention, motivation and effectiveness. The term usually implies that normal mature mental capability was achieved before, and it is therefore mostly ascribed to adult patients.
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Goebel, H.H., Kohlschütter, A. (2001). Dementia in the Neuronal Ceroidlipofuscinoses. In: Tolnay, M., Probst, A. (eds) Neuropathology and Genetics of Dementia. Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology, vol 487. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4615-1249-3_17
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