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Serotonin syndrome: Preventing, recognizing, and treating it

Robert Z. Wang, MD, Vishal Vashistha, MD, Sukhdeep Kaur, MBBS and Nathan W. Houchens, MD
Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine November 2016, 83 (11) 810-816; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.83a.15129
Robert Z. Wang
Department of Family Medicine, State University of New York Downstate Medical Center, Brooklyn
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Department of Internal Medicine, Cleveland Clinic
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Sukhdeep Kaur
Dayanand Medical College and Hospital, Ludhiana, India
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Department of Internal Medicine, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor
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vol. 83 no. 11 810-816
DOI 
https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.83a.15129
PubMed 
27824534

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Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine
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0891-1150
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1939-2869
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  • Published online November 1, 2016.

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  1. Robert Z. Wang, MD
  1. Department of Family Medicine, State University of New York Downstate Medical Center, Brooklyn
  1. Vishal Vashistha, MD⇑
  1. Department of Internal Medicine, Cleveland Clinic
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    Vishal Vashistha, MD, Department of Internal Medicine, NA10, Cleveland Clinic, 9500 Euclid Avenue, Cleveland, OH 44115; vashisv{at}ccf.org
  1. Sukhdeep Kaur, MBBS
  1. Dayanand Medical College and Hospital, Ludhiana, India
  1. Nathan W. Houchens, MD
  1. Department of Internal Medicine, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor
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Robert Z. Wang, Vishal Vashistha, Sukhdeep Kaur, Nathan W. Houchens
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