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Varenicline may induce psychotic symptoms in subjects without previous history of psychiatric disorders

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  24 June 2014

Victor Bancila
Affiliation:
Department of Psychiatry, University Hospitals of Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland
Christophe Dallon
Affiliation:
Department of Psychiatry, University Hospitals of Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland
Daniele Fabio Zullino*
Affiliation:
Department of Psychiatry, University Hospitals of Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland
*
PD Dr Daniele Zullino, Service d’addictologie, Hôpitaux Universitaires de Genève, Rue Verte 2, CH - 1205 Genève, Switzerland. Tel: +41 22 320 55 60; Fax: +41 22 328 17 60; E-mail: [email protected]

Abstract

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Type
Comment & Critique
Copyright
Copyright © 2009 John Wiley & Sons A/S

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