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Thinking about dementia: is childhood too early?

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  20 December 2019

Wilby Williamson  and
Iracema Leroi
Wilby Williamson
Affiliation:
Global Brain Health Institute, School of Medicine, Trinity College Dublin, Republic of Ireland
Iracema Leroi*
Affiliation:
Global Brain Health Institute, School of Medicine, Trinity College Dublin, Republic of Ireland
*
Email: iracema.leroi@tcd.ie
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International Psychogeriatrics , Volume 31 , Issue 12: Issue Theme: Assessment of Cognitive Impairment in East Asia , December 2019 , pp. 1689 - 1690
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