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Genetic evidence for cognitive reserve: variations in memory and related cognitive functions

Joseph H Lee1

  • 1G. H. Sergievsky Center, Taub Institute for Research on Alzheimer's Disease and the Aging Brain, Department of Epidemiology, School of Public Health, Columbia University, New York, NY 10032, USA. JHL2@columbia.edu

Journal of Clinical and Experimental Neuropsychology
|June 20, 2003
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