High education accelerates cognitive decline in dementia: A brief report from the population-based NEDICES cohort

ABSTRACT High education has been associated with faster cognitive decline after diagnosis of Alzheimer's disease (AD), but it is unclear whether these findings extend to other dementia subtypes. OBJECTIVE: We investigated whether educational attainment influences the cognitive trajectories of...

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Main Authors: Israel Contador, Félix Bermejo-Pareja, D. Lora Pablos, Alberto Villarejo, Julián Benito-León
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Associação Neurologia Cognitiva e do Comportamento
Series:Dementia & Neuropsychologia
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1980-57642017000300297&lng=en&tlng=en