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Mitral Valve Prolapse and Anxiety Disorders

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 January 2018

Michael P. Chan
Affiliation:
University Department of Psychiatry, Warneford Hospital, Oxford OX3 7JX
George A. Hibbert
Affiliation:
University Department of Psychiatry, Warneford Hospital, Oxford OX3 7JX
John Watkins
Affiliation:
University Department of Psychiatry, Warneford Hospital, Oxford OX3 7JX
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Copyright © Royal College of Psychiatrists, 1984 

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