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Lethal lithium poisoning with sustained-release preparations

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2018

M. Hrdlička
Affiliation:
Department of Psychiatry, 2nd Medical School of Charles University, Vúvalu 84, 150 18 Prague, Czech Republic
P. Ševčík
Affiliation:
Department of Anaesthesiology, Medical School of Masaryk University, Brno, Czech Republic
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Copyright © 1997 The Royal College of Psychiatrists 

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