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Switch Mechanism in Affective Illness and Oral S-Adenosylmethionine (SAM)

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2018

M. W. P. Carney
Affiliation:
Northwick Park Hospital & Clinical Research Centre, Harrow, Middx
T. K. N. Chary
Affiliation:
Northwick Park Hospital & Clinical Research Centre, Harrow, Middx
T. Bottiglieri
Affiliation:
Northwick Park Hospital & Clinical Research Centre, Harrow, Middx
E. H. Reynolds
Affiliation:
Kings College Hospital, Denmark Hill, London SE5
B. K. Toone
Affiliation:
Kings College Hospital, Denmark Hill, London SE5
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Copyright © 1987 The Royal College of Psychiatrists 

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