Comprehensive Psychiatry
Volume 44, Issue 2 , Pages 117-120 , March 2003

Concordance for cognitive impairment: A study of 50 community-dwelling elderly female-female twin pairs

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doi: 10.1053/comp.2003.50019

Comprehensive Psychiatry
Volume 44, Issue 2 , Pages 117-120 , March 2003

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