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Saliva testing as a means to monitor therapeutic lithium levels in patients with psychiatric disorders: Identification of clinical and environmental covariates, and their incorporation into a prediction model

OBJECTIVE: The narrow therapeutic window of lithium medications necessitates frequent serum monitoring, which can be expensive and inconvenient for the patient. Compared to blood, saliva collection is easier, non‐invasive, requires less processing, and can be done without the need for trained person...

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Autores principales: Parkin, Georgia M., McCarthy, Michael J., Thein, Soe H., Piccerillo, Hillary L., Warikoo, Nisha, Granger, Douglas A., Thomas, Elizabeth A.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: John Wiley and Sons Inc. 2021
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9291088/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34536974
http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/bdi.13128