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Psychological Changes Following Prefrontal Leucotomy; A Review

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  08 February 2018

Sidney Crown
Sidney Crown*
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Psychological Department, Institute of Psychiatry (Maudsley Hospital), London
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Part I.—Original Articles
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Journal of Mental Science , Volume 97 , Issue 406 , January 1951 , pp. 49 - 83
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Copyright © Royal College of Psychiatrists, 1951 

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