Comprehensive Psychiatry
Volume 41, Issue 1 , Pages 13-18 , January 2000

Polarity of the first episode, clinical characteristics, and course of manic depressive illness: A systematic retrospective investigation of 320 bipolar I patients

  • Giulio Perugi

      Affiliations

    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress reprint requests to Giulio Perugi, M.D., Department of Psychiatry University of Pisa, Via Roma 67, 56100, Pisa, Italy
    • Institute of Psychiarry, University of Pisa, Pisa, Italy
    • International Mood Center, Department of Psychiatry, University of California at San Diego, La Jolla, CA, USA
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  • Claudia Micheli

      Affiliations

    • Institute of Psychiarry, University of Pisa, Pisa, Italy
    • International Mood Center, Department of Psychiatry, University of California at San Diego, La Jolla, CA, USA
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  • Hagop S. Akiskal

      Affiliations

    • Institute of Psychiarry, University of Pisa, Pisa, Italy
    • International Mood Center, Department of Psychiatry, University of California at San Diego, La Jolla, CA, USA
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  • Donato Madaro

      Affiliations

    • Institute of Psychiarry, University of Pisa, Pisa, Italy
    • International Mood Center, Department of Psychiatry, University of California at San Diego, La Jolla, CA, USA
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  • Cristina Socci

      Affiliations

    • Institute of Psychiarry, University of Pisa, Pisa, Italy
    • International Mood Center, Department of Psychiatry, University of California at San Diego, La Jolla, CA, USA
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  • Cinzia Quilici

      Affiliations

    • Institute of Psychiarry, University of Pisa, Pisa, Italy
    • International Mood Center, Department of Psychiatry, University of California at San Diego, La Jolla, CA, USA
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  • Laura Musetti

      Affiliations

    • Institute of Psychiarry, University of Pisa, Pisa, Italy
    • International Mood Center, Department of Psychiatry, University of California at San Diego, La Jolla, CA, USA

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Comprehensive Psychiatry
Volume 41, Issue 1 , Pages 13-18 , January 2000

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