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A case of venlafaxine-induced kleptomania

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  1. Cattedra di Psichiatria - Dipartimento di Scienze della Salute, Universita‘ degli Studi di Milano, Milan, Italy

    Benedetta Demartini, Armando D’Agostino & Orsola Gambini

  2. Dipartimento di Psichiatria II, A.O. San Paolo, Milan, Italy

    Clara Basi

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Demartini, B., D’Agostino, A., Basi, C. et al. A case of venlafaxine-induced kleptomania. Eur J Clin Pharmacol 72, 509–510 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00228-015-2002-0

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