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Psychiatric patients and water intoxication: implications for diagnosis and treatment

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Mercier-Guidez, E. Psychiatric patients and water intoxication: implications for diagnosis and treatment. Intensive Care Med 24, 643–644 (1998). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF03035549

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