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Benzodiazepine withdrawal syndrome

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2018

Malcolm Lader  and
Sally Morton
Malcolm Lader
Affiliation:
Institute of Psychiatry, De Crespigny Park, London SE5 8AF
Sally Morton
Affiliation:
Institute of Psychiatry, De Crespigny Park, London SE5 8AF
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The British Journal of Psychiatry , Volume 158 , Issue 3 , March 1991 , pp. 435 - 436
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Copyright © Royal College of Psychiatrists, 1991 

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