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The cholinergic basal forebrain in Lewy body dementia and Alzheimer’s disease

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Jellinger, K.A. The cholinergic basal forebrain in Lewy body dementia and Alzheimer’s disease. J Neurol 262, 479–480 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00415-014-7610-6

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