EFFECT OF LITHIUM THERAPY ON THYROID FUNCTION: A RETROSPECTIVE STUDY ON INDIAN PATIENTS

Thirty patients with Bipolar affective disorder who were on Lithium therapy for 6 months to 24 months, were tested for any alteration in their thyroid function. Eight (26.67%) patients had elevated serum TSH level and four (13.33%) patients had decreased serum T(4) level than the normal range. Serum...

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Autores principales: Srivastava, A.S., Behere, P.B., Agrawal, J.K.
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Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Medknow Publications 1993
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2978469/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21743619
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description Thirty patients with Bipolar affective disorder who were on Lithium therapy for 6 months to 24 months, were tested for any alteration in their thyroid function. Eight (26.67%) patients had elevated serum TSH level and four (13.33%) patients had decreased serum T(4) level than the normal range. Serum T(3), although showing a declining trend was found within the normal range in all the patients.
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spelling pubmed-29784692011-07-08 EFFECT OF LITHIUM THERAPY ON THYROID FUNCTION: A RETROSPECTIVE STUDY ON INDIAN PATIENTS Srivastava, A.S. Behere, P.B. Agrawal, J.K. Indian J Psychiatry Original Article Thirty patients with Bipolar affective disorder who were on Lithium therapy for 6 months to 24 months, were tested for any alteration in their thyroid function. Eight (26.67%) patients had elevated serum TSH level and four (13.33%) patients had decreased serum T(4) level than the normal range. Serum T(3), although showing a declining trend was found within the normal range in all the patients. Medknow Publications 1993 /pmc/articles/PMC2978469/ /pubmed/21743619 Text en Copyright: © Indian Journal of Psychiatry http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0 This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 Unported, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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EFFECT OF LITHIUM THERAPY ON THYROID FUNCTION: A RETROSPECTIVE STUDY ON INDIAN PATIENTS
title EFFECT OF LITHIUM THERAPY ON THYROID FUNCTION: A RETROSPECTIVE STUDY ON INDIAN PATIENTS
title_full EFFECT OF LITHIUM THERAPY ON THYROID FUNCTION: A RETROSPECTIVE STUDY ON INDIAN PATIENTS
title_fullStr EFFECT OF LITHIUM THERAPY ON THYROID FUNCTION: A RETROSPECTIVE STUDY ON INDIAN PATIENTS
title_full_unstemmed EFFECT OF LITHIUM THERAPY ON THYROID FUNCTION: A RETROSPECTIVE STUDY ON INDIAN PATIENTS
title_short EFFECT OF LITHIUM THERAPY ON THYROID FUNCTION: A RETROSPECTIVE STUDY ON INDIAN PATIENTS
title_sort effect of lithium therapy on thyroid function: a retrospective study on indian patients
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