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Chronic Physical Illness and Emotional Disorder in Childhood

Where the brain's not involved, there may still be problems

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2018

M. E. Garralda*
Affiliation:
St Mary's Hospital Medical School, Horace Joules Hall, Central Middlesex Hospital, London NW10 7NS
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