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. 2017 May 29;189(21):E747.
doi: 10.1503/cmaj.160991.

Antidepressant discontinuation syndrome

Matthew Gabriel  1 , Verinder Sharma  2
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Antidepressant discontinuation syndrome

Matthew Gabriel et al. CMAJ. .
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Conflict of interest statement

Competing interests: Verinder Sharma has received grants from Assurex, Genome Canada, Neurocrine Biosciences, Stanley Medical Research Institute and Sunovion Pharmaceuticals. No other competing interests were declared.

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