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Neuroleptic Malignant Syndrome (NMS): A Misnomer?

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2018

Ashok N. Sinoh  and
James Maguire
Ashok N. Sinoh
Affiliation:
St Brigid's Hospital, Ardee Co., Louth, Ireland
James Maguire
Affiliation:
St Brigid's Hospital, Ardee Co., Louth, Ireland
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The British Journal of Psychiatry , Volume 151 , Issue 6 , December 1987 , pp. 863 - 864
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Copyright © Royal College of Psychiatrists, 1987 

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