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Clarithromycin induced mania

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  13 June 2014

Luís Fonseca ,
Patrício Ferreira  and
Sónia Simões
Luís Fonseca
Affiliation:
Psychiatry and Mental Health Department, Hospital di São Marcos, Braga, Portugal. Email:, luisoliveirafonseca@gmail.com
Patrício Ferreira
Affiliation:
Psychiatry and Mental Health Department, Hospital di São Marcos, Braga, Portugal. Email:, luisoliveirafonseca@gmail.com
Sónia Simões
Affiliation:
Psychiatry and Mental Health Department, Hospital di São Marcos, Braga, Portugal. Email:, luisoliveirafonseca@gmail.com
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Information
Irish Journal of Psychological Medicine , Volume 25 , Issue 2 , June 2008 , pp. 73
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