How rare is bipolar disorder not otherwise specified? [1]

Bipolar Disorders

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 226-227

  Ozcan, Mehmet E ^b   Shiekh, Michael ^b   Suppes, Trisha ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; TRANQUILIZER;

BIPOLAR DISORDER; CLINICAL FEATURE; DEPRESSION; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE COURSE; HUMAN; LETTER; MEDICAL RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

BIPOLAR DISORDER; HUMANS; INCIDENCE;

EID: 0038001481     PISSN: 13985647     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1034/j.1399-5618.2003.00039.x     Document Type: Letter

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