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Intravenous Diazepam in Drug-Induced Dystonic Reactions

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 January 2018

William Heffron
Affiliation:
Department of Neurology, University of Kentucky Medical Center, Lexington, Kentucky 40506, U.S.A.
Michael P. McQuillen
Affiliation:
Department of Neurology, University of Kentucky Medical Center, Lexington, Kentucky 40506, U.S.A.
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Abstract

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Copyright © Royal College of Psychiatrists, 1973 

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