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Depression in Parkinsonism Treated by Prefrontal Leucotomy

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  08 February 2018

E. Schwarz
E. Schwarz*
Affiliation:
From the North Wales Counties Mental Hospital, Denbigh
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This is a description of a case of depression associated with post-encephalitic Parkinsonism, with signs predominating on the left side, treated by unilateral (right) prefrontal leucotomy.

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Part I.—Original Articles
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Journal of Mental Science , Volume 91 , Issue 385 , October 1945 , pp. 503 - 505
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Copyright © Royal College of Psychiatrists, 1945 

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