Women with bipolar illness: Clinical and research issues

American Journal of Psychiatry

Volumn 153, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 163-173

  Leibenluft, Ellen ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF MENTAL HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

CLINICAL RESEARCH; FEMALE; FEMALE GENITAL SYSTEM; HUMAN; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS GONAD SYSTEM; HYPOTHYROIDISM; MANIC DEPRESSIVE PSYCHOSIS; MENOPAUSE; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; PHENOMENOLOGY; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SEX DIFFERENCE;

EID: 0030026007     PISSN: 0002953X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1176/ajp.153.2.163     Document Type: Review

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