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Depression and beta-thalassemia: a genetic link?

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  24 June 2014

Laurence Borras*
Affiliation:
Department of Psychiatry, Division of Adult Psychiatry, University Hospitals of Geneva, 1207 Geneva, Switzerland
Eric-Louis Constant
Affiliation:
Department of Psychiatry, Saint-Luc University Hospitals of Brussels, Brussels, Belgium
*
Laurence Borras, MD, Department of Psychiatry, Division of Adult Psychiatry, University Hospital of Geneva, Consultation Secteur Eaux-Vives, 36 Rue du XXXI Décembre, 1207 Geneva, Switzerland. Tel: +4122 382 31 03; Fax: +4122 382 31 05; E-mail: laurence.borras@hcuge.ch

Abstract

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Type
Comment and Critique
Copyright
Copyright © 2007 Blackwell Munksgaard

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