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Role of behavioral problems in carer burden in young-onset dementia

Commentary on “Carer burden and behavioural disturbance is similar between younger-onset Alzheimer’s Disease and behavioural-variant frontotemporal dementia” by Kang et al.

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  22 January 2024

Latha Velayudhan*
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Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology and Neuroscience, King’s College London, London, UK South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust, London, UK Department of Population Health Sciences, University of Leicester, Leicester, UK
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