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Re-evaluating carbamazepine prophylaxis in bipolar disorder

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  03 January 2018

Robert M. Post*
Affiliation:
Biological Psychiatry Branch, National Institute of Mental Health, Bethesda, Maryland, USA
Kirk D. Denicoff
Affiliation:
Biological Psychiatry Branch, National Institute of Mental Health, Bethesda, Maryland, USA
Mark A. Frye
Affiliation:
Biological Psychiatry Branch, National Institute of Mental Health, Bethesda, Maryland, USA
Gabriele S. Leverich
Affiliation:
Biological Psychiatry Branch, National Institute of Mental Health, Bethesda, Maryland, USA
*
Dr Robert M. Post, Chief, Biological Psychiatry Branch, NIMH, Building 10, Room 3N212, 10 Center Drive, MSC 1272, Bethesda, MD 20892-1272, USA
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