Mild to moderate clozapine-induced gastrointestinal hypomotility should not require cessation of clozapine
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عنوان ژورنال: General Hospital Psychiatry
سال: 2017
ISSN: 0163-8343
DOI: 10.1016/j.genhosppsych.2017.06.007