Thyroid hypofunction in patients with rapid-cycling bipolar disorder after lithium challenge

Biological Psychiatry

Volumn 53, Issue 10, 2003, Pages 899-905

  Gyulai, Laszlo ^a   Bauer, Michael ^b,c   Bauer, Mark S ^d   García España, Felipe ^a   Cnaan, Avital ^a   Whybrow, Peter C ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d PROVIDENCE VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Bipolar disorder; Healthy control subjects; Lithium; Rapid cycling; Thyroid; TRH test

Indexed keywords

LITHIUM CARBONATE; PROTIRELIN; THYROTROPIN; THYROXINE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DRUG EFFECT; FEMALE; HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS THYROID SYSTEM; HYPOTHYROIDISM; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAPID CYCLING BIPOLAR DISORDER; THYROID FUNCTION TEST; THYROID GLAND; THYROXINE BLOOD LEVEL; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0038397616     PISSN: 00063223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-3223(02)01573-1     Document Type: Article

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