Changing prescription patterns for lithium and valproic acid in old age: shifting practice without evidence.

BMJ

Department of Psychiatry, Sunnybrook and Women's College Health Sciences Centre, Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada M4N 3M5.

Published: May 2003

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