Lexical retrieval in discourse: An early indicator of Alzheimer’s dementia
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عنوان ژورنال: Clinical Linguistics & Phonetics
سال: 2013
ISSN: 0269-9206,1464-5076
DOI: 10.3109/02699206.2013.815278