A three-month, open-label, single-arm trial evaluating the safety and pharmacokinetics of oral lithium in patients with chronic spinal cord injury

Spinal Cord

Volumn 49, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 94-98

  Wong, Y W ^a   Tam, S ^a   So, K F ^a   Chen, J Y H ^b   Cheng, W S ^b   Luk, K D K ^a   Tang, S W ^a   Young, W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b China Spinal Cord Injury Network Ltd   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

lithium; regeneration; safety

Indexed keywords

LITHIUM CARBONATE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHRONIC DISEASE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DRUG DOSE TITRATION; DRUG SAFETY; DRUG TOLERANCE; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; DYSPNEA; HAND TREMOR; HEADACHE; HUMAN; INTESTINE MOTILITY; LITHIUM BLOOD LEVEL; NAUSEA AND VOMITING; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PHASE 1 CLINICAL TRIAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIDE EFFECT; SPINAL CORD INJURY; SPINAL CORD REGENERATION;

ADMINISTRATION, ORAL; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHRONIC DISEASE; FEMALE; HUMANS; LITHIUM CARBONATE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPROTECTIVE AGENTS; SPINAL CORD; SPINAL CORD INJURIES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 78651314460     PISSN: 13624393     EISSN: 14765624     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sc.2010.69     Document Type: Article

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