Can cognitive exercise prevent the onset of dementia? Systematic review of randomized clinical trials with longitudinal follow-up.

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Published in Am J Geriatr Psychiatry on March 01, 2009

Authors

Michael Valenzuela1, Perminder Sachdev

Author Affiliations

1: School of Psychiatry, University of New South Wales; and Neuropsychiatric Institute, Prince of Wales Hospital, Sydney, NSW, Australia. michaelv@unsw.edu.au

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