Geriatric Nursing
Volume 24, Issue 1 , Pages 36-39 , January 2003

Alzheimer disease from a child's perspective

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doi: 10.1067/mgn.2003.14

Geriatric Nursing
Volume 24, Issue 1 , Pages 36-39 , January 2003