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Clinical Focus: Neurological and Psychiatric Disorders - Original Research

The 'attended alone' and 'attended with' signs in the assessment of cognitive impairment: a revalidation

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Pages 595-600 | Received 30 Jan 2020, Accepted 04 Mar 2020, Published online: 14 Mar 2020

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