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Years of Drinking but Not the Amount of Alcohol Intake Contribute to the Association Between Alcoholic Cerebellar Degeneration and Worse Cognitive Performance. A Population-Based Study

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  1. School of Medicine, Universidad Espíritu Santo—Ecuador, Guayaquil, Ecuador

    Oscar H. Del Brutto

  2. Air Center 3542, PO Box 522970, Miami, Fl, 33152-2970, USA

    Oscar H. Del Brutto

  3. Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN, USA

    Robertino M. Mera

  4. School of Medicine, Langone Medical Center, New York University, New York, NY, USA

    Nathan R. King & Lauren J. Sullivan

  5. Community Center, The Atahualpa Project, Atahualpa, Ecuador

    Mauricio Zambrano

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This study was supported by Universidad Espíritu Santo—Ecuador.

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Del Brutto, O.H., Mera, R.M., King, N.R. et al. Years of Drinking but Not the Amount of Alcohol Intake Contribute to the Association Between Alcoholic Cerebellar Degeneration and Worse Cognitive Performance. A Population-Based Study. Cerebellum 16, 612–614 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12311-016-0824-7

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