Adjunctive treatment with gabapentin in bipolar patients during acute mania

International Journal of Psychiatry in Medicine

Volumn 43, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 261-271

  Astaneh, Ali Nazeri ^a   Rezaei, Omid ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOCIAL WELFARE AND REHABILITATION SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

acute mania; adjunctive treatment with gabapentin; bipolar disorder

Indexed keywords

GABAPENTIN; LITHIUM;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADJUVANT THERAPY; ARTICLE; BIPOLAR DISORDER; BIPOLAR MANIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; YOUNG MANIA RATING SCALE;

ACUTE DISEASE; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AMINES; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANTIMANIC AGENTS; BIPOLAR DISORDER; CYCLOHEXANECARBOXYLIC ACIDS; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; FEMALE; GAMMA-AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; HUMANS; IRAN; LITHIUM COMPOUNDS; MALE; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; SEX DISTRIBUTION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84865243937     PISSN: 00912174     EISSN: 15413527     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2190/PM.43.3.e     Document Type: Article

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