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Preserved Drawing in a Sculptor with Dementia

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  23 September 2014

Luis Fornazzari*
Affiliation:
St. Michael's Hospital, Department of Psychiatry, Memory Disorders Clinic, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada Department of Medicine, Division of Behavioural Neurology, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada Department of Psychiatry, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Thom Ringer
Affiliation:
St. Michael's Hospital, Department of Psychiatry, Memory Disorders Clinic, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Lee Ringer
Affiliation:
St. Michael's Hospital, Department of Psychiatry, Memory Disorders Clinic, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Corinne E. Fischer
Affiliation:
St. Michael's Hospital, Department of Psychiatry, Memory Disorders Clinic, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada Department of Psychiatry, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
*
27 Cavendish St Toronto Ontario, M4E 1N9, Canada. Email: forna@rogers.com
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Abstract

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Type
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Copyright
Copyright © The Canadian Journal of Neurological 2013

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