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. 2020 Mar 12;50(1):48-50.

Misdiagnosis of Catatonia

Feras Ali Mustafa  1 , Agastya Nayar  1
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Misdiagnosis of Catatonia

Feras Ali Mustafa et al. Psychopharmacol Bull. .
No abstract available

Keywords: benzodiazepines; catatonia; challenge; lorazepam; memantine; misdiagnosis.

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