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World J Psychiatr. Dec 22, 2014; 4(4): 80-90
Published online Dec 22, 2014. doi: 10.5498/wjp.v4.i4.80
Memantine: New prospective in bipolar disorder treatment
Giulia Serra, Francesca Demontis, Francesca Serra, Lavinia De Chiara, Andrea Spoto, Paolo Girardi, Giulio Vidotto, Gino Serra
Giulia Serra, Department of Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115, United States
Giulia Serra, International Consortium for Bipolar Disorder Research, McLean Hospital, Belmont, MA 02478, United States
Giulia Serra, Lavinia De Chiara, Paolo Girardi, NESMOS Department, Sant’Andrea Hospital, Sapienza University, 00185 Rome, Italy
Giulia Serra, Lavinia De Chiara, Paolo Girardi, Centro Lucio Bini Mood Disorder Center, 00193 Rome, Italy
Francesca Demontis, Gino Serra, Department of Biomedical Sciences, University of Sassari, 07100 Sassari, Italy
Francesca Serra, Andrea Spoto, Giulio Vidotto, Department of General Psychology, University of Padua, 35122 Padova, Italy
Author contributions: All authors contributed to this work.
Supported by In part Research Fellowship from the Sapienza Foundation, Rome (to Giulia S) and by Fondazione Banco di Sardegna, Italy (to Gino S)
Conflict-of-interest: Dr. Gino Serra has applied for a patent for the use of memantine to treat bipolar disorder. No other author or immediate family member has current financial relationships with commercial entities that might represent or appear to represent potential conflicts of interest with the material presented here.
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Correspondence to: Dr. Gino Serra, MD, Department of Biomedical Science, University of Sassari, Viale San Pietro 43/b, 07100 Sassari, Italy.
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Received: September 28, 2014
Peer-review started: September 29, 2014
First decision: November 3, 2014
Revised: November 23, 2014
Accepted: December 3, 2014
Article in press: December 10, 2014
Published online: December 22, 2014
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