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Post-surgical cerebellar mutism and catatonia

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  1. Department of Psychiatry, Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital, Camden, NJ, USA

    Lex Denysenko

  2. Rowan University School of Osteopathic Medicine, Stratford, NJ, USA

    Lex Denysenko

  3. Rowan Department of Psychiatry, 2250 Chapel Avenue West, Suite 100, Cherry Hill, NJ, 08002, USA

    Lex Denysenko

  4. Department of Psychiatry, Rowan University School of Osteopathic Medicine, Stratford, NJ, USA

    Adam Sagot

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Denysenko, L., Sagot, A. Post-surgical cerebellar mutism and catatonia. Acta Neurochir 159, 1253–1254 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00701-017-3172-6

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