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Letter to the Editor: Comparing delusional disorder and schizophrenia: a comment on Hui et al. (2015) – a reply

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  22 December 2015

C. L. M. Hui ,
E. H. M. Lee ,
W. C. Chang ,
S. K. W. Chan  and
E. Y. H. Chen
C. L. M. Hui
Affiliation:
Department of Psychiatry, University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, China
E. H. M. Lee*
Affiliation:
Department of Psychiatry, University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, China
W. C. Chang
Affiliation:
Department of Psychiatry, University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, China
S. K. W. Chan
Affiliation:
Department of Psychiatry, University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, China
E. Y. H. Chen
Affiliation:
Department of Psychiatry, University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, China State Key Laboratory of Brain and Cognitive Sciences, University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, China
*
*Address for correspondence: E. H. M. Lee, Department of Psychiatry, University of Hong Kong, Queen Mary Hospital, 102 Pokfulam Road, Hong Kong SAR, China. (Email: [email protected])
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Psychological Medicine , Volume 46 , Issue 7 , May 2016 , pp. 1561 - 1562
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