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Catatonia and not neuroleptic malignant syndrome

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2018

Conrad Melton Swartz*
Affiliation:
Department of Psychiatric Medicine, East Carolina University, Greenville, North Carolina, USA
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Abstract

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Copyright
Copyright © Royal College of Psychiatrists, 1993 

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