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Can brain biopsy aid the diagnosis of dementia?

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The synopsis was written by Carol Lovegrove, Freelance Medical Writer.

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  1. Victoria Hospital, Kirkcaldy

    Martin Zeidler & Adam Zeman

  2. Department of Clinical Neurosciences in Edinburgh, to become Professor of Cognitive and Behavioural Neurology at the Peninsula Medical School in Exeter, UK

    Martin Zeidler & Adam Zeman

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Zeidler, M., Zeman, A. Can brain biopsy aid the diagnosis of dementia?. Nat Rev Neurol 1, 82–83 (2005). https://doi.org/10.1038/ncpneuro0056

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