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Case report| Volume 26, ISSUE 6, P631-633, October 1989

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Salbutamol psychosis

  • Andrew M Whitehouse
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    Address reprint requests to Andrew M. Whitehouse, B.M., MPhil, Department of Psychiatry, University of Cambridge, Level 4. Addenbrooke's Hospital, Hills Road, Cambridge CB2 2QQ, England.
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    From the Department of Psychiatry, University of Cambridge, Level 4, Addenbrooke's Hospital, Cambridge, England
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  • Steven Novosel
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    State Hospital, Carstairs Junction, LanarkScotland
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