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Paper ISBN: 978-0-691-16847-0

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Lock, Margaret M.

The Alzheimer conundrum : entanglements of dementia and aging / Margaret Lock.

pages cm

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN 978-0-691-14978-3

1. Alzheimer’s disease—Age factors. 2. Older people—Mental health. 3. Brain—Aging—Molecular aspects. I. Title.

RC523.L63 2013

362.1968’31—dc23 2013011850

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