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Ethnoracial differences in the clinical characteristics of Alzheimer's disease at initial presentation at an urban Alzheimer's disease center.
The American journal of geriatric psychiatry : official journal of the American Association for Geriatric Psychiatry - 1 May 2011
Livney Melissa Gartenberg, Clark Christopher M, Karlawish Jason H, Cartmell Su, Negrón Mirna, Nuñez Jessica, Xie Sharon X, Entenza-Cabrera Fernando, Vega Irving E, Arnold Steven E
Abstract excerpt
OBJECTIVE: To compare presentation of Alzheimer disease (AD) at the time of initial evaluation at a university specialty clinic across three ethnoracial groups in order to understand similarities and differences in the demographic, clinical, cognitive, psychiatric, and biologic features. DESIGN: Cross-sectional study. PARTICIPANTS: A total of 1,341 self-identified African American, Latino (primarily of Caribbean...
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