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Life expectation in organic brain disease

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2018

David Jolley  and
David Baxter
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The purpose of this review is to outline current knowledge on the life expectation of people suffering from organic brain disease, the techniques available for describing and comparing life expectation in populations, factors which are associated with longer and shorter life expectation, and the causes of death among patients with this condition.

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Research Article
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Advances in Psychiatric Treatment , Volume 3 , Issue 4 , July 1997 , pp. 211 - 218
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Copyright © The Royal College of Psychiatrists 1997 

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