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Folic acid, S-adenosylmethionine and affective disorder1

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  09 July 2009

E. H. Reynolds  and
G. Stramentinoli
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Psychological Medicine , Volume 13 , Issue 4 , November 1983 , pp. 705 - 710
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