Defining Cut-off Scores for MMSE in an Educated and Illiterate Arabic Speaking Egyptian Elderly Population
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عنوان ژورنال: The Egyptian Journal of Geriatrics and Gerontology
سال: 2019
ISSN: 2536-9792
DOI: 10.21608/ejgg.2019.30899