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Treatment of a patient suffering from schizophrenia and Becker muscular dystrophy with clozapine

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  24 June 2014

Riccardo N. Caniato ,
Anand Gundaberwady ,
Amol Deshmuck ,
Miguel Angel Garcia-Alcaraz  and
Bernhard T. Baune
Riccardo N. Caniato*
Affiliation:
Department of Psychiatry, School of Medicine, James Cook University, Townsville, Queensland, Australia Institute of Mental Health Services, The Townsville Hospital, Townsville, Queensland, Australia
Anand Gundaberwady
Affiliation:
Institute of Mental Health Services, The Townsville Hospital, Townsville, Queensland, Australia
Amol Deshmuck
Affiliation:
Institute of Mental Health Services, The Townsville Hospital, Townsville, Queensland, Australia
Miguel Angel Garcia-Alcaraz
Affiliation:
Department of Psychiatry, School of Medicine, James Cook University, Townsville, Queensland, Australia Institute of Mental Health Services, The Townsville Hospital, Townsville, Queensland, Australia
Bernhard T. Baune
Affiliation:
Department of Psychiatry, School of Medicine, James Cook University, Townsville, Queensland, Australia
*
Dr Riccardo N. Caniato Department of Psychiatry, School of Medicine, James Cook University, Townsville Queensland, Australia Tel: 61 07 47963880; Fax: 61 07 47963881; E-mail: riccardo_caniato@health.qld.gov.au
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Comment & Critique
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Acta Neuropsychiatrica , Volume 20 , Issue 3 , June 2008 , pp. 172 - 173
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Copyright © 2008 Blackwell Munksgaard

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