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Pseudodementia

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2018

Robin Eastwood
Affiliation:
Geriatric Unit, Clarke Institute of Psychiatry, 250 College Street, Toronto, Ontario M5T 1R8, Canada
John Kennedy
Affiliation:
Geriatric Unit, Clarke Institute of Psychiatry, 250 College Street, Toronto, Ontario M5T 1R8, Canada
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Abstract

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Copyright
Copyright © The Royal College of Psychiatrists, 1989 

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