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Trial-Based Advances in the Treatment of Bipolar Depression

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  12 October 2006

David E. Kemp
Affiliation:
NIMH Bipolar Disorder Research Center, Mood Disorders Program, University Hospitals of Cleveland/Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine, Cleveland, OH, USA
Keming Gao
Affiliation:
NIMH Bipolar Disorder Research Center, Mood Disorders Program, University Hospitals of Cleveland/Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine, Cleveland, OH, USA
David J. Muzina
Affiliation:
NIMH Bipolar Disorder Research Center, Mood Disorders Program, University Hospitals of Cleveland/Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine, Cleveland, OH, USA
Prashant Gajwani
Affiliation:
NIMH Bipolar Disorder Research Center, Mood Disorders Program, University Hospitals of Cleveland/Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine, Cleveland, OH, USA
Joseph R. Calabrese
Affiliation:
NIMH Bipolar Disorder Research Center, Mood Disorders Program, University Hospitals of Cleveland/Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine, Cleveland, OH, USA

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