JAMDA
Volume 10, Issue 7 , Pages 466-471 , September 2009

Dementia and Life Expectancy: What Do We Know?

  • Michelle Lee, MD

      Affiliations

    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress correspondence to Michelle Lee, MD, David Geffen School of Medicine, UCLA Division of Geriatric Medicine, 200 Medical Plaza, Ste 420, Los Angeles, CA 90095.
    • ,
  • Joshua Chodosh, MD, MSHS

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doi: 10.1016/j.jamda.2009.03.014

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Volume 10, Issue 7 , Pages 466-471 , September 2009

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