MRI findings and renal function in patients on lithium therapy

Current Clinical Pharmacology

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 257-260

  Farshchian, Nazanin ^a   Farnia, Vahid ^a   Aghaiani, Mohammad Reza ^a   Abdoli, Nasrin ^b  

^a KERMANSHAH UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b IMAM REZA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

Author keywords

Blood urea nitrogen (BUN); Creatinine (Cr); Lithium; Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI); Renal cyst

Indexed keywords

CREATININE; LITHIUM; ALKALI METAL;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DISEASE DURATION; FEMALE; GLOMERULUS FILTRATION RATE; HUMAN; KIDNEY CORTEX; KIDNEY CYST; KIDNEY FUNCTION; KIDNEY FUNCTION TEST; KIDNEY MEDULLA; KIDNEY PARENCHYMA; KIDNEY SIZE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOOD DISORDER; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SCANNER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOPHARMACOTHERAPY; UREA NITROGEN BLOOD LEVEL; YOUNG ADULT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; IMAGE ANALYSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; ANTIMANIC AGENTS; FEMALE; HUMANS; KIDNEY; KIDNEY DISEASES; KIDNEY DISEASES, CYSTIC; KIDNEY FUNCTION TESTS; LITHIUM COMPOUNDS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOOD DISORDERS; ORGAN SIZE; TIME FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84888114808     PISSN: 15748847     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2174/15748863113089990047     Document Type: Article

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