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How common is dementia with Lewy bodies?
  1. R A Barker,
  2. T Foltynie
  1. Cambridge Centre for Brain Repair and Department of Neurology, Forvie Site, Robinson Way, Cambridge CB2 2PY, UK
  1. Correspondence to:
 R A Barker; 
 rab46{at}cus.cam.ac.uk

https://doi.org/10.1136/jnnp.74.6.697

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