Long-term treatment of bipolar disorder with a radioelectric asymmetric conveyor

Neuropsychiatric Disease and Treatment

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 373-379

  Mannu, Piero ^a   Rinaldi, Salvatore ^a,b   Fontani, Vania ^a   Castagna, Alessandro ^a  

^a Rinaldi Fontani Institute   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Bipolar disorder; Radioelectric asymmetric brain stimulation; Stress

Indexed keywords

AMFEBUTAMONE; CARBAMAZEPINE; CITALOPRAM; CLONAZEPAM; FLUOXETINE; LITHIUM; OLANZAPINE; SERTRALINE; VALPROIC ACID; ZUCLOPENTHIXOL;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BIPOLAR DISORDER; BRAIN DEPTH STIMULATION; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE DURATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG DOSE INCREASE; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG SAFETY; DRUG TOLERABILITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LONG TERM CARE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL INSTRUMENTATION; ONSET AGE; RADIOELECTRIC ASYMMETRIC CONVEYOR; RECURRENT DISEASE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; THERAPY EFFECT; TREATMENT DURATION;

EID: 79961030372     PISSN: 11766328     EISSN: 11782021     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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