Lithium Prophylaxis of Corticotropin-lnduced Psychosis

JAMA: The Journal of the American Medical Association

Volumn 241, Issue 10, 1979, Pages 1011-1012

  Falk, William E ^a   Poskanzer, David C ^b   Mahnke, Mark W ^c  

^a MCLEAN HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTEST; ACTMAR; ANTACID AGENT; CORTICOTROPIN; DEXAMETHASONE; DURACTON; LITHIUM; LITHIUM CARBONATE; PFI LITHIUM; POTASSIUM CHLORIDE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADVERSE DRUG REACTION; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; INTRAMUSCULAR DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; PERIPHERAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; PREVENTION; PREVENTIVE MEDICINE; PSYCHOSIS; RETROBULBAR OPTIC NEUROPATHY; THERAPY;

ACUTE DISEASE; CORTICOTROPIN; HUMAN; LITHIUM; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; PSYCHOSES, SUBSTANCE-INDUCED;

EID: 0018766007     PISSN: 00987484     EISSN: 15383598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jama.1979.03290360027021     Document Type: Article

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