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Neuroleptic Malignant Syndrome or Lithium Neurotoxicity

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2018

Adityan Jee
Adityan Jee*
Affiliation:
Dept of Psychological Medicine University of Malaya 59100 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
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The British Journal of Psychiatry , Volume 150 , Issue 4 , April 1987 , pp. 568 - 569
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Copyright © 1987 The Royal College of Psychiatrists 

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