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Family Studies of Borderline Personality Disorder: A Review

Candace N. White From McLean Hospital, Belmont, Mass., and the Department of Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Mass
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John G. Gunderson From McLean Hospital, Belmont, Mass., and the Department of Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Mass
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Mary C. Zanarini From McLean Hospital, Belmont, Mass., and the Department of Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Mass
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James I. Hudson From McLean Hospital, Belmont, Mass., and the Department of Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Mass
Pages 8-19 | Published online: 03 Jul 2009

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