Treatment of manic episodes: Zuclopenthixol and clonazepam versus lithium and clonazepam

Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica

Volumn 93, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 119-124

  Gouliaev, G ^a   Licht, R W ^a   Vestergaard, P ^a   Merinder, L ^a   Lund, H ^a   Bjerre, L ^a  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Benzodiazepine; Lithium; Mania; Neuroleptic drug

Indexed keywords

CLONAZEPAM; LITHIUM; ORPHENADRINE; ZUCLOPENTHIXOL;

ADULT; AKATHISIA; ARTICLE; ATAXIA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DRUG COMBINATION; DYSTONIA; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MANIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TREMOR;

EID: 0029981331     PISSN: 0001690X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0447.1996.tb09812.x     Document Type: Article

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