A Fatal Case of Water Intoxication in a Schizophrenic Patient
- 1 June 1990
- journal article
- case report
- Published by Royal College of Psychiatrists in The British Journal of Psychiatry
- Vol. 156 (6) , 891-894
- https://doi.org/10.1192/bjp.156.6.891
Abstract
A fatal case of water intoxication in a schizophrenic female Chinese patient is described, including post-mortem findings.Keywords
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