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The Use of Lithium in Severely Demented Patients with Behavioural Disturbance

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 January 2018

Anthony Holton  and
Kuruvilla George
Anthony Holton
Affiliation:
St. Nicholas Hospital, Newcastle-upon-Tyne. NE3 3XT
Kuruvilla George
Affiliation:
St. Nicholas Hospital, Newcastle-upon-Tyne. NE3 3XT
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The British Journal of Psychiatry , Volume 146 , Issue 1 , January 1985 , pp. 99 - 100
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Copyright © 1985 The Royal College of Psychiatrists 

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