The Lidcombe Hospital Memory (Cognitive Disorders) Clinic: Review of clinical experience

Australasian Journal on Ageing

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 71-75

  Chan, Daniel ^a   Eleazar, Joel ^b   Williams, Sid ^b   Arpadi, Virginia ^b   Ford, Roger ^b   Gibian, Tom ^b   Kirkby, Christopher ^b   McMaster, Wendy ^b  

^a PRINCE OF WALES HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b BANKSTOWN LIDCOMBE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

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EID: 0038731433     PISSN: 14406381     EISSN: 17416612     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1741-6612.1998.tb00036.x     Document Type: Review

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