Validity of current clinical criteria for Alzheimer's disease, vascular dementia and dementia with Lewy bodies
β Scribed by Holmes, C.; Cairns, N.; Lantos, P.; Mann, A.
- Book ID
- 127103910
- Publisher
- The Royal College of Psychiatrists
- Year
- 1999
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 818 KB
- Volume
- 174
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0007-1250
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