Lithium usage and renal function testing in a large UK community population; a case-control study

General Hospital Psychiatry

Volumn 35, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 631-635

  Minay, Jo ^a   Paul, Raymond ^a   McGarvey, Deirdre ^a   Savage, Gerard ^b   Stevenson, Mike ^b   Fogarty, Damian ^a   Mulholland, Ciaran ^c   Kelly, Christopher ^a  

^a BELFAST CITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

^c QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Creatinine; Lithium; Monitoring; Prevalence; Renal function

Indexed keywords

CREATINE; LITHIUM;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMMUNITY SAMPLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CREATININE BLOOD LEVEL; FEMALE; GLOMERULUS FILTRATION RATE; HUMAN; KIDNEY DYSFUNCTION; KIDNEY FUNCTION TEST; MALE; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PREVALENCE; REFERENCE DATABASE; UNITED KINGDOM;

CREATININE; LITHIUM; MONITORING; PREVALENCE; RENAL FUNCTION;

ADULT; AGED; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANTIMANIC AGENTS; BIPOLAR DISORDER; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CREATININE; FEMALE; GLOMERULAR FILTRATION RATE; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; KIDNEY FUNCTION TESTS; LITHIUM COMPOUNDS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RENAL INSUFFICIENCY, CHRONIC;

EID: 84887098202     PISSN: 01638343     EISSN: 18737714     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.genhosppsych.2012.10.016     Document Type: Article

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