Tardive lingual dystonia treated with clozapine
β Scribed by Michele Raja; Giovanni Maisto; Maria Concetta Altavista; Alberto Albanese
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 1996
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 236 KB
- Volume
- 11
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0885-3185
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