Lamotrigine for the treatment of bipolar disorder: A clinical case series

Journal of Affective Disorders

Volumn 53, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 95-98

  Suppes, Trisha ^a   Brown, E Sherwood ^a   McElroy, Susan L ^b   Keck Jr , Paul E ^b   Nolen, Willem ^e   Kupka, Ralph ^e   Frye, Mark ^c   Denicoff, Kirk D ^c   Altshuler, Lori ^d   Leverich, Gabrielle S ^c   Post, Robert M ^c  

^a Stanley Found Bipolar Netwk (S   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI   (United States)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF MENTAL HEALTH   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^e (SFBN) HC Rumke Group   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Bipolar depression; Bipolar disorder; Lamotrigine; Mood lability; Treatment

Indexed keywords

LAMOTRIGINE;

ADULT; AFFECTIVE NEUROSIS; ARTICLE; BACKACHE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; DEPRESSION; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG TOLERABILITY; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL SYMPTOM; HEADACHE; HUMAN; MALE; MANIC DEPRESSIVE PSYCHOSIS; MOOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TINNITUS; TREMOR;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTIMANIC AGENTS; BIPOLAR DISORDER; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TRIAZINES;

EID: 0032913616     PISSN: 01650327     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0165-0327(98)00077-9     Document Type: Article

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