Effects of short and long-term lithium treatment on serum prolactin levels in patients with bipolar affective disorder

Progress in Neuro-Psychopharmacology and Biological Psychiatry

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 315-322

  Baştürk, Mustafa ^a   Karaaslan, Fatih ^a   Eşel, Ertuğrul ^a   Sofuoğlu, Seher ^a   Tutuş, Ahmet ^a   Yabanoğjlu, Ihasan ^a  

^a ERCIYES UNIVERSITY MEDICAL FACULTY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Bipolar disorder; Dopamine; Lithium; Neuroendocrine; Prolactin; Serotonin

Indexed keywords

DOPAMINE; LITHIUM CARBONATE; PROLACTIN; SEROTONIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; LONG TERM CARE; MALE; MANIC DEPRESSIVE PSYCHOSIS; NEUROTRANSMISSION; PROLACTIN BLOOD LEVEL; PROLACTIN RELEASE;

ADULT; ANTIMANIC AGENTS; BIPOLAR DISORDER; ERYTHROCYTES; HUMANS; LITHIUM; LITHIUM CARBONATE; MALE; PROLACTIN; REFERENCE VALUES; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0035085201     PISSN: 02785846     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0278-5846(00)00165-2     Document Type: Article

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