Intellectual demand and formal education as: cognitive protection factors in Alzheimer's disease

Abstract To investigate the possible association between educational level and previous professional occupation, and objective cognitive and functional evaluation in a sample of elderly patients with Alzheimer's disease. Methods: Through retrospective analysis of medical files, 174 patients wit...

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Main Authors: José Roberto Wajman, Paulo Henrique Ferreira F. Bertolucci
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=S1980-57642010000400320&lng=en&tlng=en