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Lithium for bipolar disorder

Current Psychiatry. 2014 June;13(6)

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Dr. McInnis is Thomas B. and Nancy Upjohn Woodworth Professor of Bipolar Disorder and Depression, Department of Psychiatry, University of Michigan Depression Center, Ann Arbor, Michigan.

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