Boston Naming Test: Gender Differences in Older Adults with and without Alzheimer’s Dementia
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James R. Hall, Hoa T. Vo, Leigh A. Johnson, April Wiechmann, Sid E. O’Bryant Institute of Aging and Alzheimer’s Disease Research, University of North Texas Health Sciences Center, Fort Worth, USA Department of Psychiatry, Behavioral Health and Neuroscience, University of North Texas Health Sciences Center, Fort Worth, USA Department of Internal Medicine, University of North Texas Health Sciences Center, Fort Worth, USA Email: {james.hall, hoa.vo, leigh.johnson, April.Wiechmann, sid.obryant}@unthsc.edu
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