Lithium discontinuation and subsequent effectiveness

American Journal of Psychiatry

Volumn 155, Issue 7, 1998, Pages 895-898

  Coryell, William ^a,b   Solomon, David ^a   Leon, Andrew C ^a   Akiskal, Hagop S ^a   Keller, Martin B ^a   Scheftner, William A ^a   Mueller, Tim ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF MENTAL HEALTH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LITHIUM;

ADULT; AFFECTIVE NEUROSIS; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; DRUG RESISTANCE; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; HUMAN; MANIA; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT DISEASE; TREATMENT INDICATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0031748731     PISSN: 0002953X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1176/ajp.155.7.895     Document Type: Article

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