Is sex important Gender differences in bipolar disorder

International Review of Psychiatry

Volumn 22, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 437-452

  Diflorio, Arianna ^a   Jones, Ian ^a  

^a CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FLUOXETINE; LITHIUM; NEUROLEPTIC AGENT; OLANZAPINE; PLACEBO; VALPROIC ACID;

BIPOLAR DISORDER; CHILDBIRTH; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CLINICAL RESEARCH; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMORBIDITY; DISEASE SEVERITY; HUMAN; HYPERPROLACTINEMIA; HYPOMANIA; HYPOTHYROIDISM; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE; SUICIDAL BEHAVIOR; TREATMENT RESPONSE;

AGE OF ONSET; BIPOLAR DISORDER; COMORBIDITY; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEN; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SEX FACTORS; SUICIDE; WOMEN;

EID: 78149239353     PISSN: 09540261     EISSN: 13691627     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/09540261.2010.514601     Document Type: Review

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