Lithium treatment and thyroid abnormalities

Clinical Practice and Epidemiology in Mental Health

Volumn 2, Issue , 2006, Pages

  Bocchetta, Alberto ^a   Loviselli, Andrea ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAGLIARI   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LITHIUM; THYROID ANTIBODY; THYROID HORMONE; THYROTROPIN;

ANTIBODY DETECTION; AUTOIMMUNITY; BIPOLAR DISORDER; CELL CULTURE; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMORBIDITY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DRUG CONTRAINDICATION; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; ECHOGRAPHY; ENDOCRINOLOGY; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; EXPERIMENTAL MODEL; FOLLOW UP; GOITER; HASHIMOTO DISEASE; HUMAN; HYPERTHYROIDISM; HYPOTHYROIDISM; INHIBITION KINETICS; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; MEDLINE; MOOD DISORDER; MORTALITY; NONHUMAN; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT REFERRAL; REVIEW; THYROID CANCER; THYROID DISEASE; THYROID FUNCTION; THYROID FUNCTION TEST; THYROID HORMONE RELEASE; THYROID NODULE; TREATMENT DURATION; VOLUNTEER;

EID: 33749384973     PISSN: 17450179     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1745-0179-2-23     Document Type: Review

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