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Visual rating and volumetry of the medial temporal lobe on magnetic resonance imaging in dementia
  1. GIOVANNI B FRISONI
  1. Laboratory of Epidemiology and Neuroimaging
  2. IRCCS San Giovanni di Dio-FBF, via Pilastroni 1, 25123 Brescia, Italyfrisoni@master.cci.unibs.it http://www.centroalzheimer.org

    https://doi.org/10.1136/jnnp.69.5.572

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