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Is the Predisposition to Neuroleptic Malignant Syndrome Genetically Transmitted?

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2018

Koichi Otani*
Affiliation:
Department of Neuropsychiatry, Hirosaki University Hospital, Hirosaki 036, Japan
Masayuki Horiuchi
Affiliation:
Hirosaki University Hospital
Tsuyoshi Kondo
Affiliation:
Hirosaki University Hospital
Sunao Kaneko
Affiliation:
Hirosaki University Hospital
Yutaka Fukushima
Affiliation:
Hirosaki University Hospital, Japan
*
Correspondence

Abstract

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