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‘Rebound’ Mania After Lithium Withdrawal?

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 January 2018

Christopher Cordess
Christopher Cordess*
Affiliation:
The Maudsley Hospital, Denmark Hill, London, SE5 8AZ
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The British Journal of Psychiatry , Volume 141 , Issue 4 , October 1982 , pp. 431
Copyright
Copyright © Royal College of Psychiatrists, 1982 

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