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‘Brain Failure’: A Contribution to the Terminology of Mental Abnormality in Old Age

Bernard Isaacs FRANCIS I. CAIRD

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BERNARD ISAACS, FRANCIS I. CAIRD; ‘BRAIN FAILURE’: A CONTRIBUTION TO THE TERMINOLOGY OF MENTAL ABNORMALITY IN OLD AGE, Age and Ageing, Volume 5, Issue 4, 1

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