Journal of Affective Disorders
Volume 90, Issue 1 , Pages 1-5 , January 2006

Distinct seasonality of depressive episodes differentiates unipolar depressive patients with and without depressive mixed states

Received 16 July 2003 ,Accepted 29 September 2005.

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Journal of Affective Disorders
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