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Acute extrapyramidal syndrome induced by escitalopram: a case report

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    Jagtar Singh Nimber & Ashish Aggarwal

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Nimber, J.S., Aggarwal, A. Acute extrapyramidal syndrome induced by escitalopram: a case report. Psychopharmacology 231, 3813–3814 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00213-014-3677-0

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