Maintenance treatment for patients with bipolar disorder.

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Author/s: Somashekar, Bettahalasoor S (BS); Jainer, Ashok Kumar (AK); Shafi, Wajid (W);

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Publication Type: Comment; Letter

Journal: The American journal of psychiatry (Am J Psychiatry), published in United States. (Language: eng)

Reference: 2009-Oct; vol 166 (issue 10) : pp 1185; author reply 1186-7

Dates: Created 2009/10/02; Completed 2009/10/13;

PMID: 19797446, status: MEDLINE (last retrieval date: 10/13/2009, IMS Date: )

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CommentOn: Am J Psychiatry. 2009 Apr;166(4):476-88. (PMID: 19289454)

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