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Forensic Applications

WAIS-IV Reliable Digit Span is no More Accurate Than Age Corrected Scaled Score as an Indicator of Invalid Performance in a Veteran Sample Undergoing Evaluation for mTBI

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Pages 1362-1372 | Received 29 Apr 2013, Accepted 11 Sep 2013, Published online: 07 Oct 2013

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