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Brain white-matter lesions and psychosis

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2018

Arnold E. Merriam  and
Angela M. Hegarty
Arnold E. Merriam
Affiliation:
Bronx Municipal Hospital Center, Room 1022, Bronx, NY 10461, USA
Angela M. Hegarty
Affiliation:
Bronx Municipal Hospital Center, Room 1022, Bronx, NY 10461, USA
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The British Journal of Psychiatry , Volume 155 , Issue 6 , December 1989 , pp. 868 - 869
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Copyright © The Royal College of Psychiatrists, 1989 

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