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. 1980 Apr-Jun;22(2):135–141.

ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHIC CHANGES DURING LITHIUM TREATMENT

A Venkoba Rao 1, N Hariharasubramanian 2
PMCID: PMC3013301  PMID: 22058456

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