Journal of Affective Disorders
Volume 86, Issue 1 , Pages 11-18 , May 2005

Do social anxiety disorder patients belong to a bipolar spectrum subgroup?

Received 3 November 2004 ,Accepted 9 December 2004.

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doi: 10.1016/j.jad.2004.12.007

Journal of Affective Disorders
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