Effects of a branched-chain amino acid drink in mania

British Journal of Psychiatry

Volumn 182, Issue MAR., 2003, Pages 210-213

  Scarna A ^a,b   Gijsman, H J ^a   McTavish, S F B ^a   Harmer, C J ^a   Cowen, P J ^a   Goodwin, G M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BENZODIAZEPINE DERIVATIVE; BRANCHED CHAIN AMINO ACID; CARBAMAZEPINE; CLONAZEPAM; DIAZEPAM; ISOLEUCINE; LEUCINE; LITHIUM; LORAZEPAM; NEUROLEPTIC AGENT; PLACEBO; TYROSINE; VALINE; ZOPICLONE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG TOLERABILITY; FATIGUE; HUMAN; LONG TERM CARE; MANIA; NAUSEA; NUTRITION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SIDE EFFECT; SYMPTOMATOLOGY;

ADULT; AMINO ACIDS, BRANCHED-CHAIN; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BEVERAGES; BIPOLAR DISORDER; HUMANS; ISOLEUCINE; LEUCINE; MIDDLE AGED; PLACEBO EFFECT; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; TYROSINE; VALINE;

EID: 0037336874     PISSN: 00071250     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1192/bjp.182.3.210     Document Type: Article

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