Seasonal variations of lithium plasma levels

Psychiatry Research

Volumn 111, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 35-41

  Cusin, Cristina ^a   Serretti, Alessandro ^a   Mandelli, Laura ^a   Lucca, Adelio ^a   Smeraldi, Enrico ^a  

^a VITA SALUTE SAN RAFFAELE UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

Author keywords

Bipolar disorder; Early onset; Gender; Major depressive disorder; Seasonality

Indexed keywords

LITHIUM;

ADULT; AFFECTIVE NEUROSIS; AGED; ARTICLE; CELL LEVEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; DRUG BLOOD LEVEL; ERYTHROCYTE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MANIC DEPRESSIVE PSYCHOSIS; ONSET AGE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEASONAL VARIATION; SUMMER;

ADULT; BIPOLAR DISORDER; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER, MAJOR; ERYTHROCYTES; FEMALE; HUMANS; LITHIUM; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SEASONS;

EID: 0037025868     PISSN: 01651781     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0165-1781(02)00130-0     Document Type: Article

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