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Periodic psychosis associated with the menstrual cycle and childbirth

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2018

Simon Lovestone*
Affiliation:
Institute of Psychiatry De Crespigny Park Denmark Hill London SE5 8AF
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Abstract

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Correspondence
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