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Psychiatric Aspects of Epilepsy

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 January 2018

D. F. Scott
D. F. Scott*
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EEG Department, Section of Neurological Sciences The London Hospital, Whitechapel, London E1 1BB
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The British Journal of Psychiatry , Volume 132 , Issue 5 , May 1978 , pp. 417 - 430
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Copyright © Royal College of Psychiatrists, 1978 

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