Acute treatment of bipolar depression with gabapentin

Biological Psychiatry

Volumn 42, Issue 9, 1997, Pages 851-853

  Young, L Trevor ^a   Robb, Janine C ^a   Patelis Siotis, Irene ^a   MacDonald, Cathy ^a   Joffe, Russell T ^a  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Anticonvulsants; Bipolar disorder; Depression; Gabapentin; Mania

Indexed keywords

GABAPENTIN;

ACCELERATION; ADULT; ARTICLE; BIPOLAR DEPRESSION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DRUG EFFICACY; ELECTROCONVULSIVE THERAPY; FEMALE; HUMAN; ILLNESS BEHAVIOR; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RATING SCALE; SUICIDE; SYMPTOMATOLOGY;

ACETIC ACIDS; ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; AMINES; ANTICONVULSANTS; BIPOLAR DISORDER; CYCLOHEXANECARBOXYLIC ACIDS; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; DRUG ADMINISTRATION SCHEDULE; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; FEMALE; GAMMA-AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 0030813131     PISSN: 00063223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-3223(97)00305-3     Document Type: Article

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