Steroid-Induced Psychosis Treated with Risperidone
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Risperidone Treatment in a Steroid-Induced Psychosis Case
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عنوان ژورنال: The Canadian Journal of Psychiatry
سال: 2002
ISSN: 0706-7437,1497-0015
DOI: 10.1177/070674370204700423