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Case Report

Psychotic symptoms during phenibut (beta-phenyl-gamma-aminobutyric acid) withdrawal

Lovisa HögbergDepartment of Medical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, SwedenCorrespondence[email protected]
,
István SzabóThe Center for Dependency Disorders in Stockholm, Stockholm, Sweden
&
Jaan RuusaThe Center for Dependency Disorders in Stockholm, Stockholm, Sweden
Pages 335-338 | Published online: 19 Apr 2012

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