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Meningoencephalitis or clozapine withdrawal catatonia or both in a patient with schizophrenia

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  24 June 2014

Sharmilla Kanagasundram  and
Kadiamada Nanaiah Roy Chengappa
Sharmilla Kanagasundram*
Affiliation:
Faculty of Medicine, Department of Psychological Medicine, University Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Kadiamada Nanaiah Roy Chengappa
Affiliation:
Western Psychiatric Institute and Clinic, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
*
Dr Sharmilla Kanagasundram Faculty of Medicine, Department of Psychological Medicine, University Malaya, 50603 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Tel: +60 3 79494422 or +60 1 73368111; Fax: +60 3 79556477; E-mail: sharmilla_kanagasundram@yahoo.com
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Comment & Critique
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Acta Neuropsychiatrica , Volume 23 , Issue 2 , April 2011 , pp. 85 - 87
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2011

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