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Lithium and Serotonin Uptake by Platelets

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 January 2018

Ramesh C. Arora  and
Herbert Y. Meltzer
Ramesh C. Arora
Affiliation:
Illinois State Psychiatric Institute, 1601 West Taylor Street, Chicago, Illinois 60612
Herbert Y. Meltzer
Affiliation:
Illinois State Psychiatric Institute, 1601 West Taylor Street, Chicago, Illinois 60612
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The British Journal of Psychiatry , Volume 137 , Issue 4 , October 1980 , pp. 396 - 397
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Copyright © Royal College of Psychiatrists, 1980 

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