Subtle Cognitive Dysfunction in Resolving High Altitude Cerebral Edema Revealed by a Clock Drawing Test
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عنوان ژورنال: Wilderness & Environmental Medicine
سال: 2016
ISSN: 1080-6032
DOI: 10.1016/j.wem.2015.12.006