Psychosis With Use of an Herbal Chinese Slimming Product.

Prim Care Companion CNS Disord

Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Medicine, Wake Forest University School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, North Carolina.

Published: June 2024

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