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Alprazolam withdrawal symptoms

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2018

Hiroshi Sasa
Affiliation:
Department of Neuropsychiatry Hirosaki University Hospital Hirosaki 036, Japan
Koichi Otani
Affiliation:
Department of Neuropsychiatry Hirosaki University Hospital Hirosaki 036, Japan
Tsuyoshi Kondo
Affiliation:
Department of Neuropsychiatry Hirosaki University Hospital Hirosaki 036, Japan
Sunao Kaneko
Affiliation:
Department of Neuropsychiatry Hirosaki University Hospital Hirosaki 036, Japan
Yutaka Fukushima
Affiliation:
Department of Neuropsychiatry Hirosaki University Hospital Hirosaki 036, Japan
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