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Manna, C.B.G., Filangieri, C.M., Borod, J.C., Alterescu, K., Allison Bender, H. (2018). Benton Visual Retention Test. In: Kreutzer, J.S., DeLuca, J., Caplan, B. (eds) Encyclopedia of Clinical Neuropsychology. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-57111-9_1110

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