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Saliva and Serum Lithium Estimations in Psychiatric Patients

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 January 2018

A. C. P. Sims
Affiliation:
All Saints' Hospital, Birmingham 18
A. C. White
Affiliation:
Uffculme Clinic, Queensbridge Road, Mosely, Birmingham B13 8Q D
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Abstract

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Correspondence
Copyright
Copyright © Royal College of Psychiatrists, 1974 

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