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A comparison of methods to estimate premorbid intelligence in an Australian sample: data from the Macquarie University Neuropsychological Normative Study (MUNNS)

Sara K. Lucas
,
Jane R. Carstairs
&
E. Arthur Shores
Pages 227-237 | Published online: 18 Aug 2006

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