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Valproate for acute mood episodes in bipolar disorder.

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BACKGROUND: Bipolar disorder is a common debilitating illness, characterised by acute affective episodes with full or partial inter-episode remission. Effective and acceptable treatment of acute episodes is required. Valproate has become a leading adjunctive and alternative mood stabilising treatment to lithium in bipolar disorder. OBJECTIVES: To determine the efficacy and acceptability of valproate in the treatment of acute episodes of bipolar disorder. SEARCH STRATEGY: The search included ...

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10.1002/14651858.cd004052

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Institution:
University of Oxford
Division:
MSD
Department:
Psychiatry
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Author


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Cochrane database of systematic reviews More from this journal
Issue:
1
Pages:
CD004052
Publication date:
2003-01-01
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EISSN:
1469-493X


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English
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pubs:127547
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uuid:a4fe754d-483d-438e-9def-75b82b032f5a
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pubs:127547
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127547
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2012-12-19

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