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Risk of sudden death on high-dose antipsychotic medication: QTc dispersion

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  03 January 2018

J. M. Barber
J. M. Barber*
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Department of Psychiatry, Southern General Hospital, 1345 Govan Road, Glasgow G51 4TF
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The British Journal of Psychiatry , Volume 173 , Issue 1 , July 1998 , pp. 86 - 87
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Copyright © 1998 The Royal College of Psychiatrists 

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