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Brief report| Volume 21, ISSUE 13, P1344-1347, November 1986

The use of alternative drug therapy in nine patients with recurrent affective disorder resistant to conventional prophylaxis

  • L. Lovett
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    From the Department of Psychological Medicine, University of Wales College of Medicine. Whitchurch Hospital, Whitchurch, Cardiff, Wales, Great Britain
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  • S.E. Watkins
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    From the Department of Psychological Medicine, University of Wales College of Medicine. Whitchurch Hospital, Whitchurch, Cardiff, Wales, Great Britain
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  • D.M. Shaw
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    From the Department of Psychological Medicine, University of Wales College of Medicine. Whitchurch Hospital, Whitchurch, Cardiff, Wales, Great Britain
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DOI:https://doi.org/10.1016/0006-3223(86)90320-3
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      Publication history

      Received in revised form: May 29, 1986
      Received: March 1, 1986

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      DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/0006-3223(86)90320-3

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      © 1986 Published by Elsevier Inc.

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