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Mirtazapine withdrawal causing hypomania

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  03 January 2018

C. MacCall  and
J. Callender
C. MacCall
Affiliation:
Block A, Clerkseat, Royal Cornhill Hospital, Cornhill Road, Aberdeen AB25 2ZH
J. Callender
Affiliation:
Block A, Clerkseat, Royal Cornhill Hospital, Cornhill Road, Aberdeen AB25 2ZH
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The British Journal of Psychiatry , Volume 175 , Issue 4 , October 1999 , pp. 390
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Copyright © 1999 The Royal College of Psychiatrists 

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