Lithium therapeutic drug monitoring pattern at a tertiary care hospital in India

JK Practitioner

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 15-17

  Medhi, Bikash ^a   Sukhija, M ^a   Sumedh, G ^a   Jose, Vinu M ^a   Chakrabarty, S ^a   Pandhi, P ^a  

^a POSTGRADUATE INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL EDUCATION AND RESEARCH   (India)

Author keywords

Lithium; Pattern; TDM; Toxicity

Indexed keywords

LITHIUM;

ARTICLE; AWARENESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG BLOOD LEVEL; DRUG MONITORING; HUMAN; INDIA; MOOD DISORDER; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE; TREATMENT RESPONSE;

EID: 34249101611     PISSN: 09718834     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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