Are bipolar mood symptoms affected by the phase of the menstrual cycle?

Journal of Women's Health

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 473-478

  Shivakumar, Geetha ^a   Bernstein, Ira H ^a,b   Suppes, Trisha ^a   Keck Jr , Paul E ^c   McElroy, Susan L ^d   Altshuler, Lori L ^e   Frye, Mark A ^f   Nolen, Willem A ^g   Kupka, Ralph W ^h   Grunze, Heinze ⁱ   Leverich, Gabriele S ^j   Mintz, Jim ^e   Post, Robert M ^k  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT ARLINGTON   (United States)

^c VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^f Mayo Clinic College of Medicine

^g UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^h Altrech Institute for Mental Health Care   (Netherlands)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^j NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF MENTAL HEALTH   (United States)

^k PENN STATE COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

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Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BIPOLAR I DISORDER; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; DEPRESSION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; FOLLICULAR PHASE; HUMAN; LUTEAL PHASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MANIA; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; MOOD DISORDER; OUTPATIENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

ADULT; AFFECT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BIPOLAR DISORDER; FEMALE; FOLLICULAR PHASE; HUMANS; LUTEAL PHASE; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; MENSTRUATION; MIDDLE AGED; MOOD DISORDERS; QUESTIONNAIRES; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

EID: 41449116947     PISSN: 15409996     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/jwh.2007.0466     Document Type: Article

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