The Collaborative Lithium Trials (CoLT): Specific aims, methods, and implementation

Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Mental Health

Volumn 2, Issue , 2008, Pages

  Findling, Robert L ^a   Frazier, Jean A ^b   Kafantaris, Vivian ^c   Kowatch, Robert ^d   McClellan, Jon ^e   Pavuluri, Mani ^f   Sikich, Linmarie ^g   Hlastala, Stefanie ^e   Hooper, Stephen R ^g   Demeter, Christine A ^a   Bedoya, Denise ^a   Brownstein, Bernard ^h   Taylor Zapata, Perdita ⁱ  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS OF CLEVELAND   (United States)

^b CAMBRIDGE HEALTH ALLIANCE   (United States)

^c The Feinstein Institute for Medical Research of the North Shore Long Island Health System ^*  (United States)

^d CINCINNATI CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^h Premier Research   (United States)

ⁱ EUNICE KENNEDY SHRIVER NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF CHILD HEALTH AND HUMAN DEVELOPMENT   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LITHIUM CARBONATE; PLACEBO;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BIPOLAR DISORDER; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL DECISION MAKING; CLINICAL TRIAL; COGNITION; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG BLOOD LEVEL; DRUG DISPOSITION; DRUG DOSE ESCALATION; DRUG DOSE INCREASE; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG HALF LIFE; DRUG SAFETY; DRUG TOLERABILITY; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LONG TERM CARE; MALE; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SCHOOL CHILD; TREATMENT DURATION;

EID: 51349156145     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17532000     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1753-2000-2-21     Document Type: Article

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