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Lithium withdrawal mania supports lithium's antimanic action and suggests an animal model involving serotonin

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  03 January 2018

P. E. Harrison-Read*
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Park Royal Centre for Mental Health, Central Middlesex Hospital, Acton Lane, London NW10 7NS
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Copyright © 1998 The Royal College of Psychiatrists 

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