Lithium and memory: A long-term follow-up study

Journal of Clinical Psychopharmacology

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 1988, Pages 207-212

  Engelsmann, Frank ^a   Katz, Joel ^b   Ghadirian, A Missagh ^a   Schachter, Debbie ^a  

^a ROYAL VICTORIA HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LITHIUM;

ADULT; AFFECTIVE NEUROSIS; AGE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; HUMAN; MEMORY; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SIDE EFFECT;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMAN; LITHIUM; MALE; MEMORY; MIDDLE AGE; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0023936373     PISSN: 02710749     EISSN: 1533712X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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