Cotard’s syndrome resulting from acyclovir treatment in patients with impaired renal function – literature review

Monika Nowak; Agnieszka Nowak

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Cotard’s syndrome resulting from acyclovir treatment in patients with impaired renal function – literature review

Monika Nowak

¹

,

Agnieszka Nowak

²

Faculty of Medicine, Wroclaw Medical University, Wrocław, Poland Wydział Lekarski, Uniwersytet Medyczny im. Piastów Śląskich we Wrocławiu, Wrocław, Polska
4th Military Clinical Hospital with a Polyclinic, Independent Public Health Care Facility, Wrocław, Poland 4. Wojskowy Szpital Kliniczny z Polikliniką, Samodzielny Publiczny Zakład Opieki Zdrowotnej, Wrocław, Polska

Farmakoterapia w Psychiatrii i Neurologii 2022, 38 (2), 153–159

DOI: https://doi.org/10.5114/fpn.2022.124734

Online publish date: 2023/02/09

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Cotard’s syndrome resulting from acyclovir treatment in patients with impaired renal function – literature review

Monika Nowak 1 , Agnieszka Nowak 2

Monika Nowak

¹

,

Agnieszka Nowak

²