Rebound insomnia after abrupt clozapine withdrawal
✍ Scribed by Jürgen Staedt; Gabriela Stoppe; Göran Hajak; Eckart Rüther
- Book ID
- 105522275
- Publisher
- Springer-Verlag
- Year
- 1996
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 330 KB
- Volume
- 246
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 1433-8491
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