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Mianserin for the rapid improvement of chronic akathisia in a schizophrenia patient

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  16 April 2020

Rafael Stryjer*
Affiliation:
Beer Yaakov Mental Health Center, Beer Yaakov 70350, Israel Sackler Faculty of Medicine, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel
Daniel Grupper
Affiliation:
Beer Yaakov Mental Health Center, Beer Yaakov 70350, Israel Sackler Faculty of Medicine, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel
Rael Strous
Affiliation:
Beer Yaakov Mental Health Center, Beer Yaakov 70350, Israel Sackler Faculty of Medicine, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel
Michael Poyurovsky
Affiliation:
Tirat Carmel Mental Health Center, Tirat Carmel, Israel Faculty of Medicine, Israel Institute of Technology (Technion), Haifa, Israel
Abraham Weizman
Affiliation:
Sackler Faculty of Medicine, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel Geha Mental Health Center and Felsenstein Medical Research Center, Beilinson Campus, Petah Tiqva, Israel
*
*Corresponding author.

Abstract

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Type
Letter to the Editor
Copyright
Copyright © European Psychiatric Association 2002

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