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Buspirone in benzodiazepine withdrawal

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2018

C. H. Ashton ,
M. D. Rawlins  and
S. P. Tyrer
C. H. Ashton
Affiliation:
Clinical Psychopharmacology Unit, Department of Pharmacological Sciences, The Medical School, The University, Newcastle upon Tyne NE2 4HH
M. D. Rawlins
Affiliation:
Clinical Psychopharmacology Unit, Department of Pharmacological Sciences, The Medical School, The University, Newcastle upon Tyne NE2 4HH
S. P. Tyrer
Affiliation:
Clinical Psychopharmacology Unit, Department of Pharmacological Sciences, The Medical School, The University, Newcastle upon Tyne NE2 4HH
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Information
The British Journal of Psychiatry , Volume 158 , Issue 2 , February 1991 , pp. 283 - 284
Copyright
Copyright © Royal College of Psychiatrists, 1991 

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