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Editorial
. 2017 Feb;65(2):238-240.
doi: 10.1111/jgs.14657. Epub 2016 Nov 24.

Making a Bad Diagnosis Worse? Suspect Drug Management of Urinary Incontinence in Persons with Dementia

Ryan Carnahan  1 , Theodore Johnson 2nd  2   3
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Editorial

Making a Bad Diagnosis Worse? Suspect Drug Management of Urinary Incontinence in Persons with Dementia

Ryan Carnahan et al. J Am Geriatr Soc. 2017 Feb.
No abstract available

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Conflict of interest statement

Conflict of Interest: TJ is a consultant to Astellas, Pfizer, Vantia, and Medtronic. RC serves as a consultant to the U.S. Department of Justice.

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