Is there a relationship between age at menarche and clinical and temperamental characteristics in bipolar disorder?

Annals of Clinical Psychiatry

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 121-124

  Kesebir, Sermin ^a   Şair, Bilge Yaşan ^b   Ünübol, Başak ^a   Yaylaci, Elif Tatlidil ^a  

^a Erenköy Mental Health Hospital   (Turkey)

^b ADNAN MENDERES UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Affective temperament; Age at menarche; Bipolar disorder

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BIPOLAR DISORDER; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYCLOTHYMIA; DEPRESSION; DISEASE COURSE; DSM-IV; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MANIA; MENARCHE; MIXED MANIA AND DEPRESSION; ONSET AGE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; TEMPERAMENT; TEMPERAMENT EVALUATION OF MEMPHIS, PISA, PARIS AND SAN DIEGO; AFFECT; CASE CONTROL STUDY; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; AFFECT; AGE OF ONSET; BIPOLAR DISORDER; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MENARCHE; MIDDLE AGED; TEMPERAMENT; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84886938981     PISSN: 10401237     EISSN: 15473325     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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