Vitamin B12 and folate levels and lithium administration in patients with affective disorders

Biological Psychiatry

Volumn 45, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 214-221

  Cervantes, Pablo ^a   Ghadirian, Abdúl Missagh ^b   Vida, Stephen ^a  

^a MONTREAL GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^b Allan Memorial Institute   (Canada)

Author keywords

Cobalamin; Folate; Folic acid; Lithium; Vitamin B12; Vitamins

Indexed keywords

CYANOCOBALAMIN; FOLIC ACID; LITHIUM;

AFFECTIVE NEUROSIS; ARTICLE; CANADA; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYANOCOBALAMIN DEFICIENCY; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DRUG MECHANISM; FEMALE; FOLATE METABOLISM; FOLIC ACID BLOOD LEVEL; FOLIC ACID DEFICIENCY; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; LITHIUM BLOOD LEVEL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VITAMIN BLOOD LEVEL; VITAMIN METABOLISM;

ADULT; AGED; ANTIDEPRESSIVE AGENTS; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; FEMALE; FOLIC ACID; HUMANS; LITHIUM; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOOD DISORDERS; VITAMIN B 12;

EID: 0033556640     PISSN: 00063223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-3223(97)00544-1     Document Type: Article

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