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Acute extrapyramidal symptoms following abrupt discontinuation of propranolol

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  13 June 2014

Ahmad Alavian Ghavanini*
Affiliation:
Nemazee Hospital, Post Code: 71935, Shiraz, Iran, E-mail: alavianm@sums.ac.ir
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Abstract

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