Divalproex for the treatment of geriatric bipolar disorder

International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry

Volumn 14, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 494-496

  Mordecai, Donald J ^a   Sheikh, Javaid I ^b   Glick, Ira D ^b  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Bipolar; Divalproex; Geriatric; Older

Indexed keywords

ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; PSYCHOTROPIC AGENT; VALPROATE SEMISODIUM;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DRUG BLOOD LEVEL; FEMALE; GERONTOPSYCHIATRY; HUMAN; MALE; MANIC DEPRESSIVE PSYCHOSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AGED; ANTIMANIC AGENTS; BIPOLAR DISORDER; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VALPROIC ACID;

EID: 0032995570     PISSN: 08856230     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1099-1166(199906)14:6<494::AID-GPS964>3.0.CO;2-9     Document Type: Article

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