Effects of lithium on steroid-induced depression

Biological Psychiatry

Volumn 41, Issue 12, 1997, Pages 1225-1226

  Terao, Takeshi ^a   Yoshimura, Reiji ^a   Shiratuchi, Toshiaki ^a   Abe, Kazuhiko ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OCCUPATIONAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH   (Japan)

Author keywords

Depression; Lithium; Nodosa; Polyarteritis; Steroid; Systematic lupus erythematosus

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTEROID; LITHIUM; PREDNISOLONE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMAN; POLYARTERITIS NODOSA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYSTEMIC LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS;

ADULT; AGED; ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; FEMALE; HUMANS; LITHIUM; LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS, SYSTEMIC; POLYARTERITIS NODOSA; PREDNISONE;

EID: 0030914789     PISSN: 00063223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-3223(97)00019-X     Document Type: Article

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