Journal of Affective Disorders
Volume 84, Issue 2 , Pages 251-257 , February 2005

A closer look at treatment resistant depression: is it due to a bipolar diathesis?

Received 21 August 2003 ,Accepted 28 January 2004.

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doi: 10.1016/j.jad.2004.01.015

Journal of Affective Disorders
Volume 84, Issue 2 , Pages 251-257 , February 2005

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