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Mania Associated with Weaning: A Hypothesis

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 January 2018

M. T. Abou-Saleh
M. T. Abou-Saleh*
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MRC Neuropsychiatry Research Laboratory, West Park Hospital, Epsom, Surrey KT19 8PB
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The British Journal of Psychiatry , Volume 140 , Issue 5 , May 1982 , pp. 547 - 548
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Copyright © Royal College of Psychiatrists, 1982 

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