Defining the boundaries of childhood bipolar disorder

American Journal of Psychiatry

Volumn 164, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 185-188

  Ghaemi, S Nassir ^a   Martin, Andrés ^b  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LAMOTRIGINE; VALPROIC ACID;

AGGRESSION; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER; BIPOLAR DISORDER; DEPRESSION; EDITORIAL; HEPATITIS; HUMAN; IRRITABILITY; MENTAL DISEASE; MOOD DISORDER; NEUROIMAGING; PREPUBERTY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHIZOPHRENIA; STEVENS JOHNSON SYNDROME; TREATMENT RESPONSE;

AGE FACTORS; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; BIPOLAR DISORDER; CHILD; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FRUSTRATION; HUMANS; IRRITABLE MOOD; PHENOTYPE; RESEARCH DESIGN; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS; TERMINOLOGY AS TOPIC;

EID: 33847277286     PISSN: 0002953X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1176/ajp.2007.164.2.185     Document Type: Editorial

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