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Schizophrenia and delusional disorder in late life

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  17 November 2008

Robert Howard*
Affiliation:
Institute of Psychiatry, London, UK
*
Senior Lecturer and Consultant in Old Age Psychiatry, Section of Old Age Psychiatry, Institute of Psychiatry, London SE5 8AF, UK.

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Psychiatry of old age
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1996

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