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Induced psychosis (folie à deux) associated with multiple sclerosis

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  13 June 2014

Mansoor A Malik
Affiliation:
Eastern Pennsylvania Psychiatric Institute, Philadelphia, United States
Serena Condon
Affiliation:
St Brendan's Hospital, Dublin, Ireland

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