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Alzheimer’s disease (AD) today represents a major worldwide public health concern. AD has become the most common form of late-life dementing illness and requires an enormous amount of human, medical, and financial resources. The true burden of this disease for societies is only now emerging, considering the steadily increasing life expectancy and the growing number of people reaching a high age, particularly in developing countries. This, of course, is then paralleled by a dramatic increase in prevalence.
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Richter, B.Z., Richter, R.W. (2004). Alzheimer’s Disease. In: Richter, R.W., Richter, B.Z. (eds) Alzheimer’s Disease. Current Clinical Neurology. Humana Press, Totowa, NJ. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-59259-661-4_5
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