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    1. Department of Pharmacology, CHU de Caen, Caen, F-14000, France

      Emanuel Loeb, Joachim Alexandre, Antoine Coquerel & Sophie Fedrizzi

    2. Department of Psychiatry, CHU de Caen, Caen, F-14000, France

      Emanuel Loeb, Jérémy Madigand & Sonia Dollfus

    3. EA 4650 Signalisation, électrophysiologie et imagerie des lésions d’ischémie-reperfusion myocardique, Université de Caen Basse-Normandie, Caen, F-14000, France

      Joachim Alexandre

    4. Inserm U 1075 « COMETE », Université de Caen Basse-Normandie, Caen, F-1400, France

      Antoine Coquerel

    5. UMR 6301 CNRS CEA, Centre Cyceron, Université de Caen Basse Normandie, Caen, F-14000, France

      Sonia Dollfus

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    Loeb, E., Madigand, J., Alexandre, J. et al. Neuroleptic malignant syndrome and catatonia overlapping: 2 case reports. Psychopharmacology 232, 2643–2644 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00213-015-3985-z

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