Dialysis of saliva improves accuracy of saliva lithium determinations

Bipolar Disorders

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 87-89

  El Mallakh, Rif S ^a   Linder, Mark ^b   Vales Jr , Roland ^b   Looney, Stephen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LOUISVILLE   (United States)

^b University of Louisville School of Medicine   (United States)

Author keywords

Bipolar; Lithium; Lithium levels; Manic depression; Saliva

Indexed keywords

GLYCOSAMINOGLYCAN; LITHIUM;

ACCURACY; ADULT; ANALYTIC METHOD; AQUEOUS SOLUTION; ARTICLE; BIPOLAR DISORDER; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIALYSIS; DRUG BLOOD LEVEL; DRUG DISTRIBUTION; DRUG SALIVA LEVEL; FEMALE; FILTER; HUMAN; ISOLATION PROCEDURE; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIABILITY; SALIVA ANALYSIS;

ADULT; BIPOLAR DISORDER; DIALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LITHIUM; MALE; SALIVA;

EID: 1342332920     PISSN: 13985647     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1399-5618.2003.00080.x     Document Type: Article

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