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Thyrotoxicosis during lithium therapy

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2018

Sing Lee*
Affiliation:
Chinese University of Hong Kong Shatin, Hong Kong
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Copyright © Royal College of Psychiatrists 1993

References

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