Comprehensive Psychiatry
Volume 41, Issue 2, Supplement 1 , Pages 61-65 , March 2000

Subclinical ognitive impairment: Epidemiology and clinical characteristics

  • Karen Ritchie

      Affiliations

    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress reprint requests to Karen Ritchie, Ph.D., INSERM E99-30, Epidemiology of Neurodegenerative Diseases of the CNS, CRLC Val d'Aurelle, Parc Euromédecine, 34298 Montpellier Cedex 5.
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  • Bernard Ledésert
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  • Jacques Touchon

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Comprehensive Psychiatry
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