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Lithium in resistant depression

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  13 June 2014

Katherine Brown
Affiliation:
St. Fintan's Hospital, Portlaoise, Co. Laois
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Abstract

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Letters to the Editor
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1992

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