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Research Article

Pretreatment Episode Count and Response to Lithium Treatment in Manic-Depressive Illness

Irene M. Bratti From the Department of Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School; Bipolar & Psychotic Disorders Program, and International Consortium for Bipolar Disorders Research, McLean Hospital, Belmont, MA
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Ross J. Baldessarini From the Department of Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School; Bipolar & Psychotic Disorders Program, and International Consortium for Bipolar Disorders Research, McLean Hospital, Belmont, MA
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Christopher Baethge Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, Freie Universität Berlin
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Leonardo Tondo Lucio Bini-Stanley Medical Research Institute Mood Disorders Center, Cagliari, Sardinia
Pages 245-256 | Published online: 03 Jul 2009

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