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Olivier Cottencin1, Thierry Danel, Michel Goudemand

  • 1Department of Consultation Liaison Psychiatry, AP-HP European Georges Pompidou Hospital, University of Medicine, Paris, France. ocottencin@chru-lille.fr

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