General Hospital Psychiatry
Volume 31, Issue 6 , Pages 586-588 , November 2009

Schizophrenia-like psychotic episode precipitated by cobalamin deficiency

Received 10 November 2008 ,Accepted 17 February 2009.

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doi: 10.1016/j.genhosppsych.2009.02.003

General Hospital Psychiatry
Volume 31, Issue 6 , Pages 586-588 , November 2009

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