Estimation of lithium dose requirement by body weight [1]

Bipolar Disorders

Volumn 4, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 274-

  Lu, Mong Liang ^a   Shen, Winston W ^a   Chen, Kun Po ^a  

^a TAIPEI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LITHIUM;

BODY WEIGHT; DOSE CALCULATION; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG ABSORPTION; DRUG CLEARANCE; DRUG ELIMINATION; DRUG TOLERABILITY; GLOMERULUS FILTRATION RATE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; LETTER; LITHIUM BLOOD LEVEL; MANIC DEPRESSIVE PSYCHOSIS; PATIENT CARE; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SIDE EFFECT; STEADY STATE; SYMPTOM; TREATMENT OUTCOME; URINARY EXCRETION;

ANTIPSYCHOTIC AGENTS; BIPOLAR DISORDER; BODY WEIGHT; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; HUMANS; LITHIUM;

EID: 0036331413     PISSN: 13985647     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1034/j.1399-5618.2002.01213.x     Document Type: Letter

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