Psychiatry Research
Volume 153, Issue 2 , Pages 153-162 , 31 October 2007

Testing predictors of bipolar-II disorder with a 2-day minimum duration of hypomania

  • Franco Benazzi

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    • Corresponding Author InformationPresent address: Via Pozzetto 17, 48015 Castiglione di Cervia RA, Italy. Tel.: +39 335 6191 852; fax: +39 054 330 069.

Received 9 December 2005 ,Revised 8 April 2006 ,Accepted 16 May 2006.

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