The Brazilian version of the Neuropsychiatric Inventory-Clinician rating scale (NPI-C): reliability and validity in dementia.

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Published in Int Psychogeriatr on June 14, 2013

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Florindo Stella1, Orestes Vicente Forlenza, Jerson Laks, Larissa Pires de Andrade, Michelle A Ljubetic Avendaño, Elisandra Villela Gasparetto Sé, João de Castilho Cação, Constantine G Lyketsos, Kate de Medeiros

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1: Biosciences Institute, Universidade Estadual Paulista, Rio Claro, SP, Brazil. fstelldo@gmail.com

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