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Lithium for prepubertal depressed children with family history predictors of future bipolarity: a double-blind, placebo-controlled study.
Journal of affective disorders - 1 Nov 1998
Geller B, Cooper T B, Zimerman B, Frazier J, Williams M, Heath J, Warner K
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BACKGROUND: Because of negative studies of TCAs for prepubertal major depressive disorder (PMDD) and because of the potentially high switch rate of PMDD to prepubertal bipolarity (BP), it was hypothesized that lithium would be efficacious treatment for PMDD in children who also had family history (FH) predictors of future BP. METHODS: A double-blind, placebo-controlled, and pharmacokinetically dosed study of...
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