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Editorial
. 2010 May;58(5):976-8.
doi: 10.1111/j.1532-5415.2010.02843.x.

An ironic tragedy: are spouses of persons with dementia at higher risk for dementia than spouses of persons without dementia?

Peter P Vitaliano
Editorial

An ironic tragedy: are spouses of persons with dementia at higher risk for dementia than spouses of persons without dementia?

Peter P Vitaliano. J Am Geriatr Soc. 2010 May.
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Conflict of Interest: The editor in chief has reviewed the conflict of interest checklist provided by the authors and has determined that the authors have no financial or any other kind of personal conflicts with this paper.

Comment on

  • Greater risk of dementia when spouse has dementia? The Cache County study.
    Norton MC, Smith KR, Østbye T, Tschanz JT, Corcoran C, Schwartz S, Piercy KW, Rabins PV, Steffens DC, Skoog I, Breitner JC, Welsh-Bohmer KA; Cache County Investigators. Norton MC, et al. J Am Geriatr Soc. 2010 May;58(5):895-900. doi: 10.1111/j.1532-5415.2010.02806.x. J Am Geriatr Soc. 2010. PMID: 20722820 Free PMC article.

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