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Review Article| Volume 39, ISSUE 1, P15-25, February 2023

Office- and Bedside-based Screening for Cognitive Impairment and the Dementias

Which Tools to Use, Interpreting the Results, and What Are the Next Steps?
Published:October 18, 2022DOI:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cger.2022.07.002

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