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Validity of bipolar disorder hospital discharge diagnoses: file review and multiple register linkage in Sweden

Carl M. Sellgren, Mikael Landén, Paul Lichtenstein, Christina M. Hultman, Niklas Långström

Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica · 2011 · 207 citations · 23 references

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Our findings suggest that DSM-IV-TR bipolar disorder caseness based on two inpatient episodes with a bipolar disorder diagnosis is sufficiently sensitive and specific to be used in further epidemiological study of bipolar disorder.

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