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Lithium Potentiation of Imipramine in Treatment Resistant Depression

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 January 2018

Alec Roy
Affiliation:
Clinical Neuroscience Branch, NIMH, Bethesda, Maryland 20205
David Pickar
Affiliation:
Clinical Neuroscience Branch, NIMH, Bethesda, Maryland 20205
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Abstract

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Copyright © 1985 The Royal College of Psychiatrists 

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