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. 2012 Dec;15(4):120-6.
doi: 10.5770/cgj.15.49. Epub 2012 Dec 4.

Recommendations of the 4th Canadian Consensus Conference on the Diagnosis and Treatment of Dementia (CCCDTD4)

Serge Gauthier  1 , Christopher Patterson, Howard Chertkow, Michael Gordon, Nathan Herrmann, Kenneth Rockwood, Pedro Rosa-Neto, Jean-Paul Soucy
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Recommendations of the 4th Canadian Consensus Conference on the Diagnosis and Treatment of Dementia (CCCDTD4)

Serge Gauthier et al. Can Geriatr J. 2012 Dec.

Abstract

The 4th CCCDTD convened in May 2012 in Montreal with the primary aim of updating the previous diagnostic approach to AD, taking into account the revised diagnostic criteria proposed by the International Working Group (IWG) and the recommendations made by the National Institute on Aging-Alzheimer Association workgroups.

Keywords: Alzheimer; consensus; dementia; diagnosis; imaging; symptomatic treatments.

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