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Case Reports
. 2020 Sep-Oct;61(5):551-555.
doi: 10.1016/j.psym.2020.05.012. Epub 2020 May 19.

COVID-19 Psychosis: A Potential New Neuropsychiatric Condition Triggered by Novel Coronavirus Infection and the Inflammatory Response?

Stephen J Ferrando  1 , Lidia Klepacz  2 , Sean Lynch  2 , Mohammad Tavakkoli  2 , Rhea Dornbush  2 , Reena Baharani  2 , Yvette Smolin  2 , Abraham Bartell  2
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COVID-19 Psychosis: A Potential New Neuropsychiatric Condition Triggered by Novel Coronavirus Infection and the Inflammatory Response?

Stephen J Ferrando et al. Psychosomatics. 2020 Sep-Oct.
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