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Neuropathies

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  17 November 2008

Sheena Mitchell
Sheena Mitchell*
Affiliation:
Whittington Hospital, London, UK
*
Sheena Mitchell, Department of Healthcare for Older People, Whittington Hospital, Highgate Hill, London N19 5NF, UK.
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Clinical geriatrics
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Reviews in Clinical Gerontology , Volume 5 , Issue 4 , November 1995 , pp. 413 - 425
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1995

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