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Lithium Prophylaxis in Recurrent Affective Disorders

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 January 2018

Barry Blackwell
Barry Blackwell*
Affiliation:
Department of Psychiatry, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, Cincinnati General Hospital, Cincinnati, Ohio 45229, U.S.A.
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Information
The British Journal of Psychiatry , Volume 118 , Issue 542 , January 1971 , pp. 131 - 132
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Copyright © The Royal College of Psychiatrists, 1971 

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