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SUBMITTER: DeMichele-Sweet MA
PROVIDER: S-EPMC2942073 | biostudies-literature | 2010
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Journal of Alzheimer's disease : JAD 20100101 3
In and of itself, late-onset Alzheimer's disease (AD) can be a devastating illness. However, a sub-group of AD patients develop psychosis as the disease progresses. These patients have an added burden of greater cognitive impairment, higher rates of institutionalization, and higher mortality than AD patients without psychosis. While the etiopathogenesis such as psychosis in AD (AD+P) is not known, mounting evidence accrued over the past ten years indicates that AD+P represents a distinct phenoty ...[more]