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Brain biopsy and a case of dementia that wasn't

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  13 June 2014

Clare O'Toole ,
Brenda Wright ,
Feargal Leonard  and
Vincent Russell
Clare O'Toole
Affiliation:
Clondalkin Mental Health Service, Dublin 22
Brenda Wright
Affiliation:
National Forensic Mental Health Service, Central Mental Hospital, Dundrum, Dublin 14
Feargal Leonard
Affiliation:
Dept of Old Age Psychiatry, Cavan General Hospital, Cavan
Vincent Russell
Affiliation:
Dept of Psychiatry, Cavan General Hospital, Cavan, Ireland
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Information
Irish Journal of Psychological Medicine , Volume 26 , Issue 2 , June 2009 , pp. 90 - 91
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