Lithium and thyroid

Best Practice and Research: Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism

Volumn 23, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 723-733

  Lazarus, John H ^a  

^a CARDIFF UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

autoimmunity; goitre; hyperthyroidism; hypothyroidism; physiology

Indexed keywords

IODINE 131; LEVOTHYROXINE; LITHIUM SALT; RADIOACTIVE IODINE; THIONAMIDE; THYROID HORMONE; THYROXINE;

ADJUVANT THERAPY; BIPOLAR DISORDER; CLINICAL TRIAL; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG POTENTIATION; DRUG RESPONSE; DRUG SAFETY; DRUG TISSUE LEVEL; DRUG TOLERABILITY; GOITER; GRAVES DISEASE; HUMAN; HYPERTHYROIDISM; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS SYSTEM; HYPOTHYROIDISM; INCIDENCE; LOW DRUG DOSE; NONHUMAN; PREVALENCE; REVIEW; THYROID CANCER; THYROID DISEASE; THYROIDITIS; THYROTOXICOSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ANIMALS; BIPOLAR DISORDER; FEMALE; GOITER; HUMANS; HYPERTHYROIDISM; HYPOTHALAMO-HYPOPHYSEAL SYSTEM; HYPOTHYROIDISM; LITHIUM COMPOUNDS; MALE; THYROID GLAND; THYROID HORMONES; THYROXINE;

EID: 71749100805     PISSN: 1521690X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.beem.2009.06.002     Document Type: Review

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