Journal of the Neurological Sciences
Volume 288, Issue 1 , Pages 142-146 , 15 January 2010

Executive dysfunction in vascular cognitive impairment in the consortium to investigate vascular impairment of cognition study

Received 27 May 2009 ,Revised 30 July 2009 ,Accepted 21 September 2009.

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doi: 10.1016/j.jns.2009.09.017

Journal of the Neurological Sciences
Volume 288, Issue 1 , Pages 142-146 , 15 January 2010

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