Transcultural adaptation of the Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis Depression Inventory to Brazilian Portuguese
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عنوان ژورنال: Archives of Clinical Psychiatry (São Paulo)
سال: 2015
ISSN: 1806-938X
DOI: 10.1590/0101-60830000000059