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Letter to the Editor May 1, 1999

Weight Gain and Antipsychotic Medications

Ralph Aquila ; Marianne Emanuel

J Clin Psychiatry 1999;60(5):336

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Letter to the Editor

Sir: Your recent publication (JCP Visuals, January 1999) unfairly characterizes some atypical antipsychotics as more likely to produce weight gain than risperidone.

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