Recurrent brief depression successfully treated with lithium

Biological Psychiatry

Volumn 44, Issue 9, 1998, Pages 927-929

  Corominas, Antoni ^a   Bonet, Pere ^a   Nieto, Evaristo ^a  

^a Hospital General de Manresa   (Spain)

Author keywords

Depressive disorder; Lithium; Recurrence

Indexed keywords

LITHIUM;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; DEPRESSION; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG EFFICACY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; IMPOTENCE; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT DISEASE; REMISSION; VERTIGO; XEROSTOMIA;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; ANTIDEPRESSIVE AGENTS; ANTIDEPRESSIVE AGENTS, TRICYCLIC; DEPRESSION; DRUG ADMINISTRATION SCHEDULE; DRUG RESISTANCE; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; HUMANS; LITHIUM; MALE; RECURRENCE;

EID: 0032212064     PISSN: 00063223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-3223(97)00538-6     Document Type: Article

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