The effect of serum lithium levels on renal function in geriatric outpatients: A retrospective longitudinal study

Drugs and Aging

Volumn 30, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 409-415

  Rej, Soham ^a   Looper, Karl ^a,b   Segal, Marilyn ^a,b  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LITHIUM;

AGED; ARTICLE; CANADA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CORRELATIONAL STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; ESTIMATED GLOMERULAR FILTRATION RATE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GERIATRIC PATIENT; GLOMERULUS FILTRATION RATE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; KIDNEY FUNCTION; LITHIUM BLOOD LEVEL; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TREATMENT DURATION;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTIPSYCHOTIC AGENTS; BIPOLAR DISORDER; CANADA; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; GLOMERULAR FILTRATION RATE; HUMANS; KIDNEY; LITHIUM; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; OUTPATIENTS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84878664453     PISSN: 1170229X     EISSN: 11791969     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s40266-013-0068-x     Document Type: Article

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