Clozapine in the management of bipolar and schizoaffective manic episodes resistant to standard treatment

Australian and New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 424-426

  Mahmood, Tariq ^a   Devlin, Mike ^a   Silverstone, Trevor ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Bipolar; Manic; Schizoaffective; Treatment resistant

Indexed keywords

CLOZAPINE; NEUROLEPTIC AGENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DRUG EFFICACY; ENURESIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MANIA; MANIC DEPRESSIVE PSYCHOSIS; SALIVATION; SCHIZOIDISM;

EID: 0030839026     PISSN: 00048674     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/00048679709073854     Document Type: Article

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