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Longevity and Down's syndrome

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2018

V. P. Prasher
V. P. Prasher*
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Department of Psychiatry, Birmingham University, Queen Elizabeth Psychiatric Hospital, Mindelsohn Way, Edgbaston, Birmingham B15 2QZ
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The British Journal of Psychiatry , Volume 161 , Issue 5 , November 1992 , pp. 722
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Copyright © 1992 The Royal College of Psychiatrists 

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