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Quetiapine in Huntington’s disease: a first case report

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    Raphael M. Bonelli MD & Gerald Niederwieser MD

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Bonelli, R.M., Niederwieser, G. Quetiapine in Huntington’s disease: a first case report. J Neurol 249, 1114–1115 (2002). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00415-002-0741-1

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