Intravenous valproate in acute adolescent mania: A preliminary report

European Child and Adolescent Psychiatry

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 258-261

  Thakur, Anupam ^a   Dutta, Siddhartha ^a   Sinha, Vinod K ^a  

^a CENTRAL INSTITUTE OF PSYCHIATRY   (India)

Author keywords

Acute mania; Adolescents; Intravenous valproate

Indexed keywords

HALOPERIDOL; LORAZEPAM; VALPROIC ACID;

ABDOMINAL DISTENSION; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; DIZZINESS; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG SAFETY; DRUG TOLERABILITY; GASTROINTESTINAL SYMPTOM; GENERAL CONDITION IMPROVEMENT; HEADACHE; HEARTBURN; HUMAN; INSOMNIA; MALE; MANIA; NAUSEA; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; PARANOIA; SCHOOL CHILD; SKIN TINGLING; SYMPTOM; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VOMITING;

ADOLESCENT; ANTIPSYCHOTIC AGENTS; BIPOLAR DISORDER; HUMANS; INJECTIONS, INTRAVENOUS; MALE; VALPROIC ACID;

EID: 4644335566     PISSN: 10188827     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00787-004-0360-8     Document Type: Article

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