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Neuroleptic Malignant Syndrome or Lithium Neurotoxicity?

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2018

M. R. Lowe  and
D. H. Batchelor
M. R. Lowe
Affiliation:
Basildon Hospital Basildon, Essex
D. H. Batchelor
Affiliation:
Janssen Pharmaceutical Ltd, Wantage
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The British Journal of Psychiatry , Volume 151 , Issue 4 , October 1987 , pp. 559 - 560
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Copyright © Royal College of Psychiatrists, 1987 

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