Lithium: An American Perspective

Michael J. Gitlin

doi:10.1055/s-0043-124086

Pharmacopsychiatry, Table of Contents

Pharmacopsychiatry 2018; 51(05): 222-223
DOI: 10.1055/s-0043-124086

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Lithium: An American Perspective

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Michael J. Gitlin

¹Department of Psychiatry and Biobehavioral Sciences, David Geffen School of Medicine, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, USA

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