General Hospital Psychiatry
Volume 25, Issue 1 , Pages 57-59 , January 2003

Clonazepam augmentation therapy in a male at early adolescence with rapid cycling bipolar disorder

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doi: 10.1016/S0163-8343(02)00250-5

General Hospital Psychiatry
Volume 25, Issue 1 , Pages 57-59 , January 2003

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