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Observations on the brains of demented old people 1968 2026 1987 2006 3.3k
  1. Observations on the brains of demented old people (1970)
    B. E. Tomlinson, G. Blessed et al. Journal of the Neurological Sciences
  2. The Association Between Quantitative Measures of Dementia and of Senile Change in the Cerebral Grey Matter of Elderly Subjects (1968)
    G. Blessed, B. E. Tomlinson et al. The British Journal of Psychiatry
  3. Correlation of cholinergic abnormalities with senile plaques and mental test scores in senile dementia. (1978)
    Elaine K. Perry, B. E. Tomlinson et al. BMJ

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1967
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