Successful treatment with lamotrigine in bipolar depression: A study from Turkey [2]

Australian and New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry

Volumn 40, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 498-500

  Savas, Haluk A ^a   Selek, Salih ^a   Bulbul, Feridun ^a   Kaya, M Cemal ^a   Savas, Esen ^b  

^a GAZIANTEP UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b Av Cengiz Gokcek State Hospital   (Turkey)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; BENZODIAZEPINE DERIVATIVE; LAMOTRIGINE; MOOD STABILIZER; NEUROLEPTIC AGENT;

ADULT; BIPOLAR DEPRESSION; BIPOLAR I DISORDER; BIPOLAR II DISORDER; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL GLOBAL IMPRESSION SCALE; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; DRUG ERUPTION; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; FEMALE; GENERALIZED ANXIETY DISORDER; HAMILTON SCALE; HUMAN; LETTER; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; OBSESSIVE COMPULSIVE DISORDER; OBSTRUCTIVE JAUNDICE; POLYURIA; STEVENS JOHNSON SYNDROME; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TURKEY (REPUBLIC);

ADULT; ANTIMANIC AGENTS; BIPOLAR DISORDER; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TRIAZINES; TURKEY;

EID: 33646202264     PISSN: 00048674     EISSN: 14401614     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1614.2006.01829.x     Document Type: Letter

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