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Rapid Tremor of the Eyelids After Overdose of Fluphenazine

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 January 2018

E. D. D. Freed
E. D. D. Freed*
Affiliation:
St Vincent's Hospital, Darlinghurst, N.S.W. 2010, Australia
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The British Journal of Psychiatry , Volume 143 , Issue 5 , November 1983 , pp. 525 - 526
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Copyright © 1983 The Royal College of Psychiatrists 

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