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Results of Investigations in 150 Demented Patients Consecutively Admitted to a Psychiatric Hospital

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 January 2018

E. B. Renvoize*
Affiliation:
Bootham Park Hospital, York, YO3 7BY
R. K. Gaskell
Affiliation:
Bootham Park Hospital, York, YO3 7BY
H. M. Klar
Affiliation:
Bootham Park Hospital, York, YO3 7BY
*
Correspondence

Abstract

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Copyright © 1985 The Royal College of Psychiatrists 

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