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Lithium Potentiation of Imipramine in Treatment Resistant Depression

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 January 2018

Alec Roy  and
David Pickar
Alec Roy
Affiliation:
Clinical Neuroscience Branch, NIMH, Bethesda, Maryland 20205
David Pickar
Affiliation:
Clinical Neuroscience Branch, NIMH, Bethesda, Maryland 20205
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The British Journal of Psychiatry , Volume 147 , Issue 5 , November 1985 , pp. 582 - 583
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Copyright © 1985 The Royal College of Psychiatrists 

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