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Lewy body dementia: myth or mystery?

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  13 June 2014

Janet Carter  and
Raymond Levy
Janet Carter
Affiliation:
Department of Neuroscience & Section of Old Age Psychiatry
Raymond Levy
Affiliation:
Institute of Psychiatry, De Crespigny Park, London SE5 8AF, England
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Irish Journal of Psychological Medicine , Volume 12 , Issue 4 , December 1995 , pp. 124 - 126
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1995

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