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Vitamin B12 and Folate Deficiencies

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 January 2018

E. H. Reynolds
E. H. Reynolds*
Affiliation:
The National Hospital, Queen Square, W.C.1, and The M.R.C. Neuropsychiatry; Research Unit, Carshalton and West Park Hospital, Epsom
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The British Journal of Psychiatry , Volume 113 , Issue 499 , June 1967 , pp. 681 - 683
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Copyright © Royal College of Psychiatrists, 1967 

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