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Down-regulation of Post-synaptic Serotonin Receptors as a Mechanism for Clomipramine-induced Anorgasmia

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2018

Michael Murphy*
Affiliation:
Kings College Hospital, Denmark Hill, London SE4
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Abstract

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Copyright © 1987 The Royal College of Psychiatrists 

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