Ultra-rapid and ultradian cycling in bipolar affective illness

British Journal of Psychiatry

Volumn 168, Issue MAR., 1996, Pages 314-323

  Kramlinger, Keith G ^a   Post, Robert M ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF MENTAL HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MANIC DEPRESSIVE PSYCHOSIS; MOOD; PERIODICITY;

EID: 0030050982     PISSN: 00071250     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1192/bjp.168.3.314     Document Type: Article

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