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Prevalence of dementia and dementia subtypes among community-dwelling elderly people in northern Nigeria.

Yusuf

Int Psychogeriatr 23(3):379-86 (2011) PMID 20716387

Dementia has important public health implications. The magnitude of the problem remains largely unknown in the developing countries.

DOI: 10.1017/S1041610210001158
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