Comprehensive Psychiatry
Volume 48, Issue 3 , Pages 252-256 , May 2007

“Excessive tears”: a diagnostic sign for cocaine-induced mood disorder?

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doi: 10.1016/j.comppsych.2006.12.002

Comprehensive Psychiatry
Volume 48, Issue 3 , Pages 252-256 , May 2007

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