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Calcium channel blockade and resistant bipolar depression

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  13 June 2014

Bankole A. Johnson
Affiliation:
Warneford Hospital, Warneford Lane, Oxford OX3 7JX
Philip J Cowen
Affiliation:
Research Unit, Littlemore Hospital, Oxford OX4 4XN

Abstract

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Clinical and Brief Reports
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1991

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