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Editorial commentary
Behavioural and psychological symptoms of dementia associated with Parkinson’s disease
  1. I Leroi1,
  2. A Burns2
  1. 1Manchester Mental Health and Social Care Trust/University of Manchester, Manchester, UK
  2. 2Department of Psychiatry, University of Manchester, Manchester, UK
  1. Correspondence to:
 Professor A Burns
 Department of Psychiatry, University of Manchester, Room PBS 18, 2nd Floor, Education and Research Centre, Wythenshawe Hospital, Wythenshawe, Manchester M23 9LT, UK; alistair.burns{at}manchester.ac.uk

https://doi.org/10.1136/jnnp.2006.101162

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