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Case Reports in Psychiatry
Volume 2012 (2012), Article ID 496364, 4 pages
doi:10.1155/2012/496364
Case Report

Priapism in Antipsychotic Drug Use: A Rare but Important Side Effect

Igne Sinkeviciute,1 Rune A. Kroken,1 and Erik Johnsen1,2

1Division of Psychiatry, Haukeland University Hospital, Sandviksleitet 1, 5035 Bergen, Norway
2Section of Psychiatry, Department of Clinical Medicine, University of Bergen, Sandviksleitet 1, 5035 Bergen, Norway

Received 29 February 2012; Accepted 16 April 2012

Academic Editors: S. Cortese, J. Thome, and N. Yasui-Furukori

Copyright © 2012 Igne Sinkeviciute et al. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.

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