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Effective cognitive screening tools for Alzheimer’s disease in the primary care setting: the role of the visual paired associative learning task

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  15 June 2021

Ramit Ravona-Springer
Ramit Ravona-Springer*
Affiliation:
Geriatric Psychiatry and Memory Clinic, Division of Psychiatry, Sheba Medical Center, Tel Hashomer, Israel Sackler School of Medicine, Tel Aviv University, Israel
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Email: [email protected]
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International Psychogeriatrics , Volume 33 , Special Issue 11: Issue Theme: Advances in Assessment and Diagnosis of Dementia , November 2021 , pp. 1111 - 1114
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© International Psychogeriatric Association 2021

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