Alzheimer disease: Non-pharmacological and pharmacological management of cognition and neuropsychiatric symptoms
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عنوان ژورنال: Australasian Psychiatry
سال: 2018
ISSN: 1039-8562,1440-1665
DOI: 10.1177/1039856218766123