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Impulsive aggression with irritability and responsive to divalproex: a pediatric bipolar spectrum disorder phenotype?
Journal of affective disorders - 1 Nov 2005
Barzman Drew H, McConville Brian J, Masterson Brian, McElroy Susan, Sethuraman Gopalan, Moore Krissell, Kahwaty Ann-Marie, Nelson Daniel
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BACKGROUND: The objective of this retrospective chart review was to evaluate the phenomenology and response to divalproex in a sub-population of children admitted to an inpatient setting with severe impairing symptoms of irritability and aggression. In addition, we examined whether the symptomatology of this group was consistent with a pediatric divalproex-responsive bipolar spectrum disorder. METHODS: The charts...
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