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Extreme suicidality following serotonin syndrome

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2018

M. A. Serfaty
Affiliation:
Royal Victoria Infirmary, Queen Victoria Road, Newcastle upon Tyne NE1 4LP
S. McCluskey
Affiliation:
Royal Victoria Infirmary, Queen Victoria Road, Newcastle upon Tyne NE1 4LP
D. Eccleston
Affiliation:
Royal Victoria Infirmary, Queen Victoria Road, Newcastle upon Tyne NE1 4LP
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