Neuroleptic malignant syndrome: Successful treatment with bromocriptine
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Neuroleptic malignant syndrome and its successful treatment with bromocriptine--a case report.
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عنوان ژورنال: Biological Psychiatry
سال: 1985
ISSN: 0006-3223
DOI: 10.1016/0006-3223(85)90104-0