The Association of Weight Change in Alzheimer's Disease with Severity of Disease and Mortality: A Longitudinal Analysis

OBJECTIVE: To describe weight loss in relation to the severity of Alzheimer's disease (AD), to identify confounders that might account for weight loss, and to investigate the association of weight change with mortality.

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