Lamotrigine Add-On to Valproate Therapy for Paediatric Bipolar Affective Disorder

Australian and New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry

Volumn 39, Issue 7, 2005, Pages 639-

  Thakur, Anupam ^a   Jagadheesan, Karuppiah ^a   Sinha, Vinod Kumar ^a  

^a CENTRAL INSTITUTE OF PSYCHIATRY   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LAMOTRIGINE; VALPROIC ACID;

BIPOLAR DISORDER; CASE REPORT; CHILD; CLINICAL FEATURE; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; LETTER; MALE;

ANTIMANIC AGENTS; BIPOLAR DISORDER; CHILD; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; HUMANS; MALE; TRIAZINES; VALPROIC ACID;

EID: 27744445398     PISSN: 00048674     EISSN: 14401614     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/j.1440-1614.2005.01638_1.x     Document Type: Article

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