Bipolar disorder in later life: Older adults presenting with new onset manic symptoms usually have underlying medical or neurologic disorder

Geriatrics

Volumn 59, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 41-44

  Hoblyn, Jennifer ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; BENZODIAZEPINE DERIVATIVE; CARBAMAZEPINE; CLONAZEPAM; GABAPENTIN; HALOPERIDOL; LAMOTRIGINE; LISINOPRIL; LITHIUM; LORAZEPAM; NEUROLEPTIC AGENT; NORTRIPTYLINE; OLANZAPINE; QUETIAPINE; RISPERIDONE; VALPROIC ACID DERIVATIVE;

AGED; AGRANULOCYTOSIS; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; ATAXIA; BIPOLAR DISORDER; BRADYCARDIA; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMA; DEPRESSION; DIARRHEA; DIZZINESS; DROWSINESS; ECG ABNORMALITY; GLUCOSURIA; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HUMAN; HYPOTENSION; LEUKOPENIA; MALE; MANIA; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; NAUSEA; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; OLIGURIA; POLYURIA; PROTEINURIA; PSYCHOSIS; PSYCHOTHERAPY; SCOTOMA; SEIZURE; SINUS NODE DYSFUNCTION; THIRST; TINNITUS; TREMOR; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT; VOMITING; XEROSTOMIA;

AGED; ANTIPSYCHOTIC AGENTS; BIPOLAR DISORDER; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HUMANS; LITHIUM; MALE;

EID: 3042725537     PISSN: 0016867X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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