Lamotrigine treatment of pathologic skin picking: An open-label study

Journal of Clinical Psychiatry

Volumn 68, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 1384-1391

  Grant, Jon E ^a   Odlaug, Brian L ^a   Suck, Won Kim ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LAMOTRIGINE;

AGED; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; DIARRHEA; DRUG DOSE INCREASE; DRUG DOSE REGIMEN; DRUG SAFETY; DRUG TOLERABILITY; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; FEMALE; HAMILTON SCALE; HEADACHE; HUMAN; MALE; MONOTHERAPY; PATHOLOGIC SKIN PICKING; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; RASH; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TREATMENT RESPONSE; TRICHOTILLOMANIA;

EID: 34948906912     PISSN: 01606689     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4088/jcp.v68n0909     Document Type: Article

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