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Third Argentine Consensus statement on management Bipolar Disorders. Section 2 A: Comprehensive treatment of the

Marcelo Cetkovich-Bakmas1, Andrea Abadi2, Sebastián Camino3

  • 1Investigador del Instituto de Neurociencias Cognitivas y Traslacionales (INCYT), CONICET-Fundación INECO-Universidad Favaloro. Buenos Aires, Argentina. alejocorrales@hotmail.com.

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