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Beyond Alzheimer's disease: Can bilingualism be a more generalized protective factor in neurodegeneration?

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Beyond Alzheimer's disease: Can bilingualism be a more generalized protective factor in neurodegeneration? / Voits, Toms; Pliatsikas, Christos; Robson, Holly et al.
In: Neuropsychologia, Vol. 147, 107593, 10.2020, p. 107593.

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Voits, T, Pliatsikas, C, Robson, H & Rothman, J 2020, 'Beyond Alzheimer's disease: Can bilingualism be a more generalized protective factor in neurodegeneration?', Neuropsychologia, vol. 147, 107593, pp. 107593. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.neuropsychologia.2020.107593

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Voits, T., Pliatsikas, C., Robson, H., & Rothman, J. (2020). Beyond Alzheimer's disease: Can bilingualism be a more generalized protective factor in neurodegeneration? Neuropsychologia, 147, 107593. Article 107593. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.neuropsychologia.2020.107593

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Voits T, Pliatsikas C, Robson H, Rothman J. Beyond Alzheimer's disease: Can bilingualism be a more generalized protective factor in neurodegeneration? Neuropsychologia. 2020 Oct;147:107593. 107593. doi: 10.1016/j.neuropsychologia.2020.107593

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Voits, Toms ; Pliatsikas, Christos ; Robson, Holly et al. / Beyond Alzheimer's disease : Can bilingualism be a more generalized protective factor in neurodegeneration?. In: Neuropsychologia. 2020 ; Vol. 147. pp. 107593.

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