Lamotrigine in the treatment of schizoaffective disorder

Neuropsychobiology

Volumn 38, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 204-205

  Erfurth, Andreas ^a,c   Walden, Jörg ^b   Grunze, Heinz ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MÜNSTER   (Germany)

Author keywords

Bipolar disorder; Lamotrigine; Rapid cycling; Schizoaffective disorder; Serotonin

Indexed keywords

ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; LAMOTRIGINE;

ADULT; CASE REPORT; CONFERENCE PAPER; DRUG BLOOD LEVEL; FEMALE; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHIZOIDISM;

ADULT; ANTIDEPRESSIVE AGENTS, SECOND-GENERATION; ANTIMANIC AGENTS; DRUG ADMINISTRATION SCHEDULE; FEMALE; HUMANS; PSYCHOTIC DISORDERS; TRIAZINES;

EID: 0031726393     PISSN: 0302282X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000026540     Document Type: Conference Paper

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