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Obsessive compulsive disorder in an elderly woman with learning disabilities

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  13 June 2014

Julia Middelton  and
Sally-Ann Cooper
Julia Middelton
Affiliation:
Northern Community Healthcare NHS Trust, Princess Marina Hospital, UPTON, Northampton NN5 6UH, England
Sally-Ann Cooper
Affiliation:
Rockingham Forest NHS Trust, St Mary's Hospital, Kettering, Northants NN15 7PW, England
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Information
Irish Journal of Psychological Medicine , Volume 14 , Issue 2 , June 1997 , pp. 78 - 79
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1997

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