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Agitation in dementia due to hypothyroidism

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  24 June 2014

A. Kogoj*
Affiliation:
University Psychiatric Hospital, Ljubljana Polje, Slovenia
*
University Psychiatric Hospital, Studenec 48, SI-1260 Ljubljana Polje, Slovenia. Tel: + 386 15872 356; Fax: + 386 15284 618; E-mail: [email protected]

Abstract

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Case Report
Copyright
Copyright © Acta Neuropsychiatrica 2002

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