Depressive relapse during lithium treatment associated with increased serum thyroid-stimulating hormone: Results from two placebo-controlled bipolar i maintenance studies

Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica

Volumn 120, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 10-13

  Frye, M A ^a   Yatham, L ^b   Ketter, T A ^c   Goldberg, J ^d   Suppes, T ^c   Calabrese, J R ^e   Bowden, C L ^f   Bourne, E ^g   Bahn, R S ^a   Adams, B ^g  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^c STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d SILVER HILL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^e CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT SAN ANTONIO   (United States)

^g GLAXOSMITHKLINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Bipolar; Depression; Lithium; Thyroid stimulating hormone

Indexed keywords

LAMOTRIGINE; LITHIUM; PLACEBO; THYROTROPIN;

ARTICLE; BIPOLAR I DISORDER; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG TOLERABILITY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MONOTHERAPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RELAPSE; THYROID FUNCTION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; AFFECT; ANTICONVULSANTS; ANTIMANIC AGENTS; BIPOLAR DISORDER; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; HUMANS; LITHIUM CARBONATE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; RECURRENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; THYROTROPIN; TRIAZINES;

EID: 66749122990     PISSN: 0001690X     EISSN: 16000447     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0447.2008.01343.x     Document Type: Article

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