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Post-ictal misidentification of a city

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  13 June 2014

Hamdy F Moselhy
Hamdy F Moselhy*
Affiliation:
Bushey Fields Hospital, Bushey Fields Road, Dudley, West Midlands, DY1 2LZ, England
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Irish Journal of Psychological Medicine , Volume 17 , Issue 2 , June 2000 , pp. 74 - 76
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2000

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