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Cyproheptadine Hydrochloride (Periactin) and Anorexia Nervosa: A Case Report

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 January 2018

D. R. Benady*
Affiliation:
Child Guidance Clinic, The Shirehall, Shrewsbury, Shropshire

Abstract

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Case Report
Copyright
Copyright © The Royal College of Psychiatrists, 1970 

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