Developmental dyslexia: clinical aspects
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M. S. Thambirajah is a consultant child and adolescent psychiatrist working in Dudley and Walsall Mental Health Partnership Trust. He is the author of Case Studies in Child and Adolescent Mental Health (Radcliffe Publishing 2007) and Psychological Basis of Psychiatry (Elsevier 2005) and co-author of Understanding School Refusal (Jessica Kingsley Publishers 2007). Correspondence Dr M. S. Thambirajah, Evergreen Place, Walsall CAMHS, 18 Lichfield Street, Walsall, West Midlands WS1 1TJ, UK. Email: [email protected]
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