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Cholinesterase-inhibitor Associated Mania: A Case Report and Literature Review

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  23 September 2014

Hamza Jalal
Affiliation:
Department of Neurology, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario
Aravind Ganesh
Affiliation:
Department of Clinical Neurosciences, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada
Raymond Lau
Affiliation:
Department of Psychiatry, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada
John Lysack
Affiliation:
Departments of Radiology and Surgery, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada
Zahinoor Ismail*
Affiliation:
Department of Clinical Neurosciences, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada Department of Psychiatry, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada Hotchkiss Brain Institute, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada
*
Departments of Psychiatry and Clinical Neurosciences, Hotchkiss Brain Institute, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada. Email: zahinoor@gmail.com.
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Abstract

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Copyright
Copyright © The Canadian Journal of Neurological 2014

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