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Trial-Based Advances in the Treatment of Bipolar Depression

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  12 October 2006

David E. Kemp ,
Keming Gao ,
David J. Muzina ,
Prashant Gajwani  and
Joseph R. Calabrese
David E. Kemp
Affiliation:
NIMH Bipolar Disorder Research Center, Mood Disorders Program, University Hospitals of Cleveland/Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine, Cleveland, OH, USA
Keming Gao
Affiliation:
NIMH Bipolar Disorder Research Center, Mood Disorders Program, University Hospitals of Cleveland/Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine, Cleveland, OH, USA
David J. Muzina
Affiliation:
NIMH Bipolar Disorder Research Center, Mood Disorders Program, University Hospitals of Cleveland/Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine, Cleveland, OH, USA
Prashant Gajwani
Affiliation:
NIMH Bipolar Disorder Research Center, Mood Disorders Program, University Hospitals of Cleveland/Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine, Cleveland, OH, USA
Joseph R. Calabrese
Affiliation:
NIMH Bipolar Disorder Research Center, Mood Disorders Program, University Hospitals of Cleveland/Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine, Cleveland, OH, USA
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Keywords

bipolar disorderdepressionantidepressant treatmentmood stabilizersatypical antipsychotics
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Progress in Neurotherapeutics and Neuropsychopharmacology , Volume 2 , Issue 1 , March 2007 , pp. 193 - 212
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© 2007 Cambridge University Press

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