Bilingualism delays age at onset of dementia, independent of education and immigration status

Alladi, Suvarna; H. Bak, Thomas; Duggirala, Vasanta; Surampudi, Bapiraju; Mekala, Shailaja; Shukla, Anuj; Ray Chaudhuri, Jaydip; Kaul, Subhash

doi:10.1212/01.wnl.0000436620.33155.a4

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Bilingualism delays age at onset of dementia, independent of education and immigration status

Published in Neurology • Nov 6, 2013

Authors:

Suvarna Alladi

Thomas H. Bak

Vasanta Duggirala

Abstract

OBJECTIVES: The purpose of the study was to determine the association between bilingualism and age at onset of dementia and its subtypes, taking into account potential confounding factors. METHODS: Case records of 648 patients with dementia (391 of them bilingual) diagnosed in a specialist clinic we...

Subject

Immigration

Dementia

Neuroscience of multilingualism

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