Lithium versus carbamazepine in the maintenance treatment of bipolar II disorder and bipolar disorder not otherwise specified

International Clinical Psychopharmacology

Volumn 14, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 283-285

  Greil, W ^a   Kleindienst, N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Bipolar disorder; Bipolar disorder not otherwise specified; Bipolar II disorder; Carbamazepine; Lithium carbonate; Maintenance treatment; Randomized controlled trial

Indexed keywords

CARBAMAZEPINE; LITHIUM;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFICACY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MANIC DEPRESSIVE PSYCHOSIS; MENTAL DISEASE; MULTICENTER STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RECURRENT DISEASE; SIDE EFFECT; TREATMENT FAILURE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0033303289     PISSN: 02681315     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00004850-199914050-00003     Document Type: Article

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