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Aggression in Psychotic Illness
AGGRESSION IN PSYCHOTIC ILLNESS Sir This is with the reference to the letter of Dr.Sureshkumar (1999) in response to our article (Kumar et al 1999). The authors are very thankful that Dr Sureshkumar took the pains to evaluate our article critically However, his concern that the conclusions derived from the study may not be valid seems to be an overcautious view. We would like to address areas o...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: BMJ
سال: 1995
ISSN: 0959-8138,1468-5833
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.310.6974.258d