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Early-onset dementia in a middle-aged female: a case reflecting the compromise between pragmatic treatment of mimickers and extensive diagnostics

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    Yann Vivier & Caroline Loos

  2. Department of Neurology, AZ Monica Antwerp, Antwerpen, Belgium

    Tobi Van den Bossche

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Vivier, Y., Van den Bossche, T. & Loos, C. Early-onset dementia in a middle-aged female: a case reflecting the compromise between pragmatic treatment of mimickers and extensive diagnostics. Acta Neurol Belg 123, 743–746 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1007/s13760-022-02119-4

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