Effectiveness of restarting lithium treatment after its discontinuation in bipolar I and bipolar II disorders

American Journal of Psychiatry

Volumn 154, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 548-550

  Tondo, Leonardo ^b   Baldessarini, Ross J ^a   Floris, Gianfranco ^b   Rudas, Nereide ^b  

^a MCLEAN HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; LITHIUM; NEUROLEPTIC AGENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE COURSE; DOSE TIME EFFECT RELATION; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MANIC DEPRESSIVE PSYCHOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0031004945     PISSN: 0002953X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1176/ajp.154.4.548     Document Type: Article

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