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‘Rebound’ Mania After Lithium Withdrawal?

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 January 2018

Christopher Cordess*
Affiliation:
The Maudsley Hospital, Denmark Hill, London, SE5 8AZ
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Abstract

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Correspondence
Copyright
Copyright © Royal College of Psychiatrists, 1982 

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