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Neuropsychological assessment of dementia

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  17 November 2008

Felicia A Huppert
Felicia A Huppert*
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University of Cambridge, Addenbrooke's Hospital, Cambridge, UK
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Dr Felicia A Huppert, Department of Psychiatry, University of Cambridge, Addenbrooke's Hospital, Cambridge CB2 2QQ, UK.
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Psychiatry of old age
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Reviews in Clinical Gerontology , Volume 1 , Issue 2 , May 1991 , pp. 159 - 169
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1991

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