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Periodic psychosis associated with the menstrual cycle and childbirth

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2018

Simon Lovestone
Simon Lovestone*
Affiliation:
Institute of Psychiatry De Crespigny Park Denmark Hill London SE5 8AF
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The British Journal of Psychiatry , Volume 162 , Issue 3 , March 1993 , pp. 424 - 425
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Copyright © The Royal College of Psychiatrists 

References

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