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ArticlesPoison Centre

Escitalopram causes fewer seizures in human overdose than citalopram

Zeynep Yilmaz Swiss Toxicological Information Centre, Zurich, Switzerland
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Alessandro Ceschi Swiss Toxicological Information Centre, Zurich, SwitzerlandCorrespondence[email protected]
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Christine Rauber-Lüthy Swiss Toxicological Information Centre, Zurich, Switzerland
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Oliver Sauer Division of Clinical Toxicology Poison Control Centre, University of Mainz, Mainz, Germany
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Uwe Stedtler Poisons Information Centre, Children's University Hospital, Freiburg, Germany
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Dagmar Prasa Poisons Information Centre, Erfurt, Germany
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Carola Seidel Poison Control Centre, Bonn, Germany
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Elisabeth Hackl Poisons Information Centre, Wien, Austria
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Petra Hoffmann-Walbeck Poison Information Centre, Berlin, Germany
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Gabriela Gerber-Zupan Department of Toxicology, Poison Control Centre, II. Medizinische Klinik rechts der Isar, Munich, Germany
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Kathrin Bauer GIZ-Nord Poison Centre, University Hospital, Göttingen, Germany
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Hugo Kupferschmidt Swiss Toxicological Information Centre, Zurich, Switzerland
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Gerd-Achim Kullak-Ublick Division of Clinical Pharmacology and Toxicology, University Hospital, Zurich, Switzerland
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Martin Wilks Swiss Toxicological Information Centre, Zurich, Switzerland
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Pages 207-212 | Received 27 Nov 2009, Accepted 29 Dec 2009, Published online: 20 Feb 2010

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