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Diagnosing dementia
David C. Wang, Sandra E. Black and Katherine A. Zukotynski
CMAJ May 17, 2016 188 (8) 603; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1503/cmaj.150508
David C. Wang
Faculty of Medicine (Wang) and Department of Medicine (Black), University of Toronto; Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre (Black), University of Toronto; Institute of Biomaterials and Biomedical Engineering (Black, Zukotynski), University of Toronto, Toronto, Ont.; Departments of Medicine and Radiology (Zukotynski), McMaster University, Hamilton, Ont.
BHSc (Honours)Sandra E. Black
Faculty of Medicine (Wang) and Department of Medicine (Black), University of Toronto; Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre (Black), University of Toronto; Institute of Biomaterials and Biomedical Engineering (Black, Zukotynski), University of Toronto, Toronto, Ont.; Departments of Medicine and Radiology (Zukotynski), McMaster University, Hamilton, Ont.
MDKatherine A. Zukotynski
Faculty of Medicine (Wang) and Department of Medicine (Black), University of Toronto; Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre (Black), University of Toronto; Institute of Biomaterials and Biomedical Engineering (Black, Zukotynski), University of Toronto, Toronto, Ont.; Departments of Medicine and Radiology (Zukotynski), McMaster University, Hamilton, Ont.
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