Endocrine effects of lithium carbonate in healthy premenopausal women: Relationship with body weight regulation

Progress in Neuro-Psychopharmacology and Biological Psychiatry

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 1-16

  Baptista, Trino ^a   Lacruz, Anny ^a   De Mendoza, Soaira ^b   Guillén, Marcelo Mendoza ^b   Burguera, José Luis ^a   De Burguera, Marcela ^a   Hernández, Luis ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE LOS ANDES   (Venezuela)

^b Metabolism Center   (Venezuela)

Author keywords

Endocrine system; Leptin; Lithium; Obesity

Indexed keywords

ESTRADIOL; FOLLITROPIN; HYDROCORTISONE; LEPTIN; LITHIUM CARBONATE; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; PROGESTERONE; PROLACTIN; TESTOSTERONE; THYROTROPIN; THYROXINE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG MECHANISM; ESTRADIOL BLOOD LEVEL; FEMALE; FOLLITROPIN BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LUTEINIZING HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; NORMAL HUMAN; OBESITY; ORAL GLUCOSE TOLERANCE TEST; PROGESTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; PROLACTIN BLOOD LEVEL; TESTOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; THYROTROPIN BLOOD LEVEL; THYROXINE BLOOD LEVEL;

ADULT; ANDROGENS; BLOOD GLUCOSE; BODY WEIGHT; ENDOCRINE GLANDS; FEMALE; GLUCOSE TOLERANCE TEST; GONADAL STEROID HORMONES; HUMANS; LEPTIN; LITHIUM; LITHIUM CARBONATE; PREMENOPAUSE;

EID: 0033975750     PISSN: 02785846     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0278-5846(99)00085-8     Document Type: Article

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