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6 - Severe dementia

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  06 December 2010

Judith C. Ahronheim ,
Zheng-Bo Huang ,
Vincent Yen ,
Christina Davitt  and
David Barile
Judith C. Ahronheim
Affiliation:
State University of New York, Downstate Medical Centre
Zheng-Bo Huang
Affiliation:
Cornell University, New York
Vincent Yen
Affiliation:
New York Medical College
Christina Davitt
Affiliation:
Seton Hall University, New Jersey
David Barile
Affiliation:
Drexel University, Philadelphia
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Case Studies in Geriatric Medicine , pp. 41 - 45
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2005

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