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CPK levels and neuroleptic malignant syndrome

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2018

Sheelah James*
Affiliation:
Barnsley Hall Hospital, Stourbridge Road, Bromsgrove B61 0EX
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Abstract

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Copyright © Royal College of Psychiatrists 1989 

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