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Screening for pre-dementia
Dementia statistic is misleading
BMJ 2013; 347 doi: https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj.f6704 (Published 12 November 2013) Cite this as: BMJ 2013;347:f6704- Martin D Brunet, general practitioner1
- 1Binscombe Medical Centre, Godalming GU7 3PR, UK
- martin{at}binscombe.net
In their responses to Le Couteur and colleagues’ article, Burns and colleagues state that fewer than half of people with dementia receive a formal diagnosis.1 2 This commonly quoted claim is a misleading use of questionable prevalence data and needs to …
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