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Percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy and severe endogenous depression

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2018

A. Hussain
Affiliation:
Wansbeck General Hospital, Ashington, Northumberland NE63 9JJ
J. G. C. Cox
Affiliation:
Wansbeck General Hospital, Ashington, Northumberland NE63 9JJ
S. E. Proctor
Affiliation:
St George's Hospital, Morpeth, Northumberland
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Copyright © Royal College of Psychiatrists, 1993 

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