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. 2020 Aug;68(8):1673-1676.
doi: 10.1111/jgs.16644. Epub 2020 Jun 9.

Facing Dementia During the COVID-19 Outbreak

Marco Canevelli  1   2 , Martina Valletta  1 , Marco Toccaceli Blasi  1 , Giulia Remoli  1 , Giulia Sarti  1 , Filippo Nuti  1 , Francesco Sciancalepore  1 , Enzo Ruberti  1 , Matteo Cesari  3   4 , Giuseppe Bruno  1
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Facing Dementia During the COVID-19 Outbreak

Marco Canevelli et al. J Am Geriatr Soc. 2020 Aug.
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Conflict of interest statement

Authors have no competing interest to disclose for the present study.

Marco Canevelli is supported by a research grant of the Italian Ministry of Health (GR‐2016‐02364975) for the project “Dementia in Immigrants and Ethnic Minorities Living in Italy: Clinical‐Epidemiological Aspects and Public Health Perspectives” (ImmiDem). Matteo Cesari has received honoraria for presentations at scientific meetings and/or research funding from Nestlé and Pfizer. He is involved in the coordination of an Innovative Medicines Initiative–funded project (including partners from the European Federation Pharmaceutical Industries and Associates [Sanofi, Novartis, Servier, GSK, and Lilly]).

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Clinical changes reported in the study population. Data are shown as percentages.
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