Lithium prescribing during pregnancy: A UK primary care database study

PLoS ONE

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2015, Pages

  McCrea, Rachel L ^a   Nazareth, Irwin ^a   Evans, Stephen J W ^b   Osborn, David P J ^a   Pinfold, Vanessa ^c   Cowen, Phil J ^d   Petersen, Irene ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^c Faculty of ArtsThe McPin Foundation   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LITHIUM;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA BASE; DRUG SAFETY; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; MATERNAL WELFARE; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MENTAL HEALTH; PREDICTION; PREGNANCY; PRESCRIPTION; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; RISK BENEFIT ANALYSIS; UNITED KINGDOM; CLINICAL PRACTICE; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; TREATMENT WITHDRAWAL;

DATABASES AS TOPIC; FEMALE; HUMANS; LITHIUM; PRACTICE PATTERNS, PHYSICIANS'; PREGNANCY; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; UNITED KINGDOM; WITHHOLDING TREATMENT;

EID: 84991880837     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0121024     Document Type: Article

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