Predominant Polarity in Bipolar Disorder
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2 Department of Psychiatry, Psychosomatic Medicine and Psychotherapy Goethe10 University, Heinrich-Hoffmann-Straße 10, D-60528 Frankfurt am Main, Germany 11 12 13 14 * Corresponding author: Julia Volkert, MSc 15 Department of Psychiatry, Psychosomatics and Psychotherapy, 16 University of Wuerzburg, 17 Fuechsleinstrasse 15, D-97080 Wuerzburg, Germany, 18 Tel: ++49-931-20177540, 19 Email: [email protected] 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29
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