Phenotypic Heterogeneity in Dementia: A Challenge for Epidemiology and Biomarker Studies

Dementia can result from a number of distinct diseases with differing etiology and pathophysiology. Even within the same disease, there is considerable phenotypic heterogeneity with varying symptoms and disease trajectories. Dementia diagnosis is thus very complex, time-consuming, and expensive and...

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Main Authors: Joanne Ryan, Peter Fransquet, Jo Wrigglesworth, Paul Lacaze
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2018-06-01
Series:Frontiers in Public Health
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Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fpubh.2018.00181/full