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Postpartum psychosis with particular emphasis on its treatment

Anna Konopka
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Jagoda Kaczmarek
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Sylwia Serbin
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Weronika Kulma
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Wiktoria Bossy
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Ewa Kurczewska
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Department of Adult Psychiatry, Poznan University of Medical Sciences, Poznan, Poland; Klinika Psychiatrii Dorosłych, Uniwersytet Medyczny w Poznaniu, Poznań, Polska
Farmakoterapia w Psychiatrii i Neurologii 2023, 39 (2), 169–185
Online publish date: 2023/10/05
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