Letter to the editor: is it valid to break down results from long-term trials in bipolar disorder by polarity of relapses?

International Journal of Bipolar Disorders

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 1-3

  Licht, Rasmus Wentzer ^a   Severus, Emanuel ^b  

^a AALBORG UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL CARL GUSTAV CARUS   (Germany)

Author keywords

Analysis; Bias; Bipolar disorder; Depression; Long term treatment; Mania; Methodology; Polarity index; Randomised clinical trials

Indexed keywords

LAMOTRIGINE; LITHIUM; QUETIAPINE;

ASCERTAINMENT BIAS; BIPOLAR DISORDER; CLINICAL RESEARCH; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL (TOPIC); DEPRESSION; HUMAN; LETTER; MANIA; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELAPSE; TIME;

EID: 85051574009     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21947511     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s40345-014-0008-7     Document Type: Letter

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