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Lithium Prophylaxis of Periodic Hypersomnia

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 January 2018

Kazuhiko Abe*
Affiliation:
Department of Psychiatry, Osaka City University Medical School, Abenoku, Osaka, Japan
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Abstract

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Copyright © Royal College of Psychiatrists, 1977 

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