Psychiatry Research
Volume 176, Issue 1 , Pages 22-25 , 30 March 2010

Minor physical anomalies in women with recurrent unipolar depression

Received 19 November 2007 ,Revised 16 August 2008 ,Accepted 23 October 2008.

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doi: 10.1016/j.psychres.2008.10.014

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