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Polycythaemia Rubra Vera, Cerebral Ischaemia and Depression

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2018

Declan Murray*
Affiliation:
City General Hospital, Newcastle Road, Stoke-on-Trent ST4 6QG
Richard Hodgson
Affiliation:
St Edward's Hospital, Cheddleton, Nr Leek, Staffordshire
*
Correspondence

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