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May neuropsychiatric symptoms be a potential intervention target to delay functional impairment in Alzheimer’s disease?

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  03 July 2020

Antonios M. Politis ,
Panagiotis Alexopoulos  and
Theofanis Vorvolakos
Antonios M. Politis*
Affiliation:
Division of Geriatric Psychiatry, 1st Department of Psychiatry, Eginition Hospital, Athens Medical School, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Athens, Greece Department of Psychiatry, Johns Hopkins Medical School, Baltimore, MD, USA
Panagiotis Alexopoulos
Affiliation:
Department of Psychiatry, University Hospital of Rion, School of Medicine, University of Patras, Patras, Greece Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, Klinikum rechts der Isar, Technical University of Munich, Munich, Germany
Theofanis Vorvolakos
Affiliation:
Department of Psychiatry, University General Hospital of Alexandroupolis, School of Medicine, Democritus University of Thrace, Alexandroupolis, Greece
*
Email: apolitis@med.uoa.gr
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International Psychogeriatrics , Volume 32 , Issue 6: Issue Theme: Interaction of Depression and Cognition in Older Age , June 2020 , pp. 689 - 691
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