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The clinical phenotypes of juvenile bipolar disorder: toward a validation of the episodic-chronic-distinction.
Biological psychiatry - 1 Apr 2006
Masi Gabriele, Perugi Giulio, Toni Cristina, Millepiedi Stefania, Mucci Maria, Bertini Nicoletta, Akiskal Hagop S
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BACKGROUND: Recent research has addressed the issue of subtyping juvenile bipolar disorder (JBD). Accordingly, we set out to find out, in a naturalistic sample of bipolar children and adolescents with mania and mixed mania, whether the most useful subtyping should be based on clinical features (elated vs. irritable) or course (episodic vs. chronic). METHODS: We studied 136 patients, 81 male patients (59.6%) and...
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