Differential diagnosis algorithm of endogenous catatonia, catatonia-morphic and catatonia-mimicking states
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عنوان ژورنال: Pathologia
سال: 2017
ISSN: 2306-8027
DOI: 10.14739/2310-1237.2017.2.109665