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Neurosurgical issues

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  17 November 2008

Richard H Lye
Richard H Lye*
Affiliation:
University of Manchester, Manchester, UK
*
Richard H Lye Department of Neurosurgery, Manchester Royal Infirmary, Oxford Road, Manchester M13 9WL, UK.
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Clinical geriatrics
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Reviews in Clinical Gerontology , Volume 5 , Issue 3 , August 1995 , pp. 289 - 302
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1995

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Further reading

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