Neuropsychological assessment of dementia

Dementia 3Ed

Volumn , Issue , 2005, Pages 45-54

  Blackwell, Andrew D ^a   Dunn, Barnaby D ^b   Owen, Adrian M ^b   Sahakian, Barbara J ^c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b MRC COGNITION AND BRAIN SCIENCES UNIT   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^d UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

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