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Neurotic disorders

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  17 November 2008

James Lindesay
James Lindesay*
Affiliation:
Leicester General Hospital, UK
*
James Lindesay, Professor of Psychiatry for the Elderly, Professional Unit, Leicester General Hospital, Leicester LE5 4PW, UK.
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Psychiatry of old age
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Reviews in Clinical Gerontology , Volume 2 , Issue 4 , November 1992 , pp. 311 - 321
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1992

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