Levetiracetam in the treatment of acute mania: An open add-on study with an on-off-on design

Journal of Clinical Psychiatry

Volumn 64, Issue 7, 2003, Pages 781-784

  Grunze, Heinz ^a   Langosch, Jens ^b   Born, Christoph ^b   Schaub, Gabriele ^b   Walden, Jörg ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; ETIRACETAM; HALOPERIDOL;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASTHENIA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL FOR MENTAL DISORDERS IV; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG TOLERABILITY; EPILEPSY; HUMAN; MANIA; MENTAL DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHIATRIC DIAGNOSIS; RATING SCALE; SEDATION; SIDE EFFECT; VERTIGO; YOUNG MANIA RATING SCALE;

EID: 0042807238     PISSN: 01606689     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4088/JCP.v64n0707     Document Type: Article

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