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. 2019 May-Jun;61(3):318-319.
doi: 10.4103/psychiatry.IndianJPsychiatry_331_18.

Escitalopram-induced extrapyramidal symptoms

Pattath Narayanan Suresh Kumar  1 , Arun Gopala Krishnan  2 , Rohith Suresh  3
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Escitalopram-induced extrapyramidal symptoms

Pattath Narayanan Suresh Kumar et al. Indian J Psychiatry. 2019 May-Jun.
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