Cornell scale for depression in dementia

@article{Alexopoulos1988CornellSF,
  title={Cornell scale for depression in dementia},
  author={George S. Alexopoulos and Robert C. Abrams and R. C. Young and Charles A. Shamoian},
  journal={Biological Psychiatry},
  year={1988},
  volume={23},
  pages={271-284}
}
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