Analysis of the poisonings by lithium in a department of internal medicine;Análisis de las intoxicaciones por litio ingresadas en un servicio de medicina interna

Anales de Medicina Interna

Volumn 25, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 209-212

  Herrera De Pablo, E ^a   Climent Díaz, Benjamín ^a   Garcia Escriva D ^a   Perez Silvestre J ^a   Herrera Pablo, P ^a   Herrera, A ^a  

^a HOSPITAL GENERAL UNIVERSITARIO DE VALENCIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Bipolar disorder; Lithium; Poisoning; Toxic levels

Indexed keywords

LITHIUM;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATAXIA; BIPOLAR DISORDER; BLOOD LEVEL; DESCRIPTIVE RESEARCH; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HEMODIAFILTRATION; HUMAN; INTOXICATION; LITHIUM INTOXICATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SUICIDE ATTEMPT;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; HOSPITAL DEPARTMENTS; HUMANS; INTERNAL MEDICINE; LITHIUM; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POISONING; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 50849135178     PISSN: 02127199     EISSN: 02127199     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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