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Benzodiazepine withdrawal syndrome

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2018

Malcolm Lader
Affiliation:
Institute of Psychiatry, De Crespigny Park, London SE5 8AF
Sally Morton
Affiliation:
Institute of Psychiatry, De Crespigny Park, London SE5 8AF
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Abstract

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Correspondence
Copyright
Copyright © Royal College of Psychiatrists, 1991 

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