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Neuroleptic Malignant Syndrome in a Case of Acute Post-traumatic Psychosis

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2018

Darryl Watts*
Affiliation:
Bath & Wessex House, Royal United Hospital, Bath BA1 3NG

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Copyright © 1991 The Royal College of Psychiatrists 

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