Clonazepam for Catatonia Incompletely Responsive to lorazepam.

Psychosomatics

Department of Psychiatry, James A Haley VA Hospital, Tampa, FL; Departments of Psychiatry and Geriatric Medicine, University of South Florida College of Medicine, Tampa, FL. Electronic address:

Published: September 2020

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