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Confusion, Delirium, and Dementia: Organic Brain Syndromes and the Elderly Patient

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  1. Yale University School of Medicine, Yale-New Haven Hospital, New Haven, Connecticut, USA

    Hoyle Leigh M.D., F.A.P.A. (Professor of Psychiatry, Director)

  2. Psychiatric Consultation-Liaison and Outpatient Services, Yale-New Haven Hospital, New Haven, Connecticut, USA

    Hoyle Leigh M.D., F.A.P.A. (Professor of Psychiatry, Director)

  3. Department of Psychiatry, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut, USA

    Morton F. Reiser M.D., F.A.P.A. (Charles B. G. Murphy Professor of Psychiatry and Chairman)

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Leigh, H., Reiser, M.F. (1985). Confusion, Delirium, and Dementia: Organic Brain Syndromes and the Elderly Patient. In: The Patient. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4684-4955-6_8

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