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Brief Communication

Serotonin syndrome following metaxalone overdose and therapeutic use of a selective serotonin reuptake inhibitor

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Pages 185-187 | Received 19 Nov 2014, Accepted 14 Jan 2015, Published online: 11 Feb 2015

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