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McClellan, K.S., Moore, A.B. (2018). Alzheimer, Alois (1864–1915). 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_585
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