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Editorial commentary
Depressive symptoms and cognitive decline—disentangling the effect of affect
  1. R Stewart
  1. Institute of Psychiatry, Denmark Hill, London SE5 8AF, UK; r.stewartiop.kcl.ac.uk

    https://doi.org/10.1136/jnnp.2003.028399

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