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Original Article

Limited usefulness of the Rey Fifteen-Item Test in detection of invalid performance in veterans suspected of mild traumatic brain injury

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Pages 1630-1634 | Received 01 Apr 2015, Accepted 18 Jul 2015, Published online: 29 Oct 2015

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