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Frontal metabolic deficits in Korsakoff syndrome

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2018

Robert Hunter
Robert Hunter*
Affiliation:
MRC Brain Metabolism Unit Royal Edinburgh Hospital Morningside Park Edinburgh EH10 5HF
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The British Journal of Psychiatry , Volume 157 , Issue 3 , September 1990 , pp. 454 - 455
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Copyright © Royal College of Psychiatrists, 1990 

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