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Diagnostic agreement in psychiatry

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2018

M. W. Bernadt
Affiliation:
Farnborough Hospital, Kent BR6 8ND
J. S. Emmanuel
Affiliation:
Farnborough Hospital, Kent BR6 8ND
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Copyright © Royal College of Psychiatrists, 1993 

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