White matter lesions in euthymic patients with bipolar disorder

Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica

Volumn 120, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 481-491

  Lloyd, A J ^a   Moore, P B ^a   Cousins, D A ^a   Thompson, J M ^a   McAllister, V L ^a   Hughes, J H ^a   Ferrier, I N ^a   Young, A H ^a  

^a ROYAL VICTORIA INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bipolar disorder; Brain; Magnetic resonance imaging

Indexed keywords

ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; LITHIUM; NEUROLEPTIC AGENT;

ADULT; AGING; ARTICLE; BECK DEPRESSION INVENTORY; BIPOLAR DISORDER; BRAIN DAMAGE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEEP WHITE MATTER LESION; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; FEMALE; HAMILTON SCALE; HUMAN; IMAGE INTENSIFIER; LEFT HEMISPHERE; MALE; MINI MENTAL STATE EXAMINATION; NEUROBIOLOGY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STRUCTURED CLINICAL INTERVIEW FOR DSM DISORDERS; VASCULAR DISEASE; YOUNG MANIA RATING SCALE;

AGE FACTORS; BIPOLAR DISORDER; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CEREBROVASCULAR CIRCULATION; FEMALE; FRONTAL LOBE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; NERVE FIBERS, MYELINATED; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 70449393713     PISSN: 0001690X     EISSN: 16000447     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0447.2009.01416.x     Document Type: Article

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