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Successful Treatment of Paraphilic Coercive Disorder (a Rapist) with Fluoxetine Hydrochloride

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2018

Martin P. Kafka*
Affiliation:
Harvard Medical School, and McLean Hospital, 115 Mill St, Belmont, Mass. 02178, USA

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