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The Complex Interrelationship of Lithium and the Thyroid
By Patrick Oakley, B.Med., FRACP
Psychiatric Times January 2002 Vol. XIX Issue 1
The exact therapeutic mechanism of lithium in bipolar disorder (BD) remains unclear, due in part to its many actions on the cells of the central nervous system. The same complexity applies to the interactions between lithium and the thyroid. Lithium is widely known to impair the function of the thyroid through a variety of mechanisms ...
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http://www.psychiatrictimes.com/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=175801622
http://www.webmd.com/content/article/87/99356.htm
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