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Rapid Communication| Volume 21, ISSUE 4, P417-421, April 1986

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Central thyroid stimulation in severely ill depressed, manic and schizophrenic patients

  • Andreas Baumgartner
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    Address reprint requests to Dr. Andreas Baumgartner, Psychiatrische Klinik und Poliklinik (WE12), Freie Universitat Berlin, Klinikum Charlottenburg, Eschenallee 3, D-1000 Berlin 19, Federal Republic of Germany.
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    From Psychiatrische Klinik und Poliklinik, Freie Universität Berlin, Berlin, F.R.G.
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