General Hospital Psychiatry
Volume 26, Issue 5 , Pages 411-414 , September 2004

Laboratory findings in emergently medicated psychiatry patients

Received 18 December 2003 ,Accepted 29 June 2004.

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doi: 10.1016/j.genhosppsych.2004.06.004

General Hospital Psychiatry
Volume 26, Issue 5 , Pages 411-414 , September 2004

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