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L-type calcium channel blockers and a symptom complex mimicking de Melo-Souza’s syndrome

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Elderly Pharmacovigilance Programme has funding support from the National Programme for Healthcare of the Elderly, Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, Government of India.

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  1. Department of Pharmacology, Institute of Medical Sciences, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi, UP, India

    Upinder Kaur

  2. Department of General Medicine, Institute of Medical Sciences, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi, UP, India

    Pritam Das & Indrajeet Singh Gambhir

  3. Department of Geriatric Medicine, Institute of Medical Sciences, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi, UP, India

    Sankha Shubhra Chakrabarti

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Kaur, U., Das, P., Gambhir, I.S. et al. L-type calcium channel blockers and a symptom complex mimicking de Melo-Souza’s syndrome. Neurol Sci 40, 1077–1080 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10072-018-3662-1

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