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  1. Karolinska Institute's Department of Psychiatry, St. Görans Hospital, P.O. Box 12500, S-112 81, Stockholm, Sweden

    Anne Tham, Lars Johnson & Aleksander A. Mathé

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Tham, A., Johnson, L. & Mathé, A.A. Serum amylase in patients treated with lithium. Psychopharmacology 102, 417–418 (1990). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02244114

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