Lamotrigine in the treatment of resistant bipolar disorder

Clinical Neuropharmacology

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 65-67

  Kotler, M ^a,b   Matar, M A ^a  

^a BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

^b MENTAL HEALTH CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

Antiepileptic drugs; Lamotrigine; Mood stabilizers; Resistant depression

Indexed keywords

ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; LAMOTRIGINE;

AMINO ACID ANALYSIS; ARTICLE; DEPRESSION; EPILEPSY; HUMAN; MANIC DEPRESSIVE PSYCHOSIS; MOOD; NEUROMODULATION; NEUROTRANSMISSION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TREATMENT PLANNING;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTICONVULSANTS; BIPOLAR DISORDER; DRUG RESISTANCE; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PSYCHOTIC DISORDERS; TRIAZINES;

EID: 0031952012     PISSN: 03625664     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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