Determination of lithium in serum and saliva of patients with manic-depressive disorder |
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| Authors: | U Koch G Klinger J Morgner |
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| Affiliation: | Bezirksfachkrankenhaus für Psychiatrie und Neurologie Mühlhausen, Friedrich-Schiller-Universit?t Jena. |
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| Abstract: | The slight therapeutic breadth involved means that manic depressive lithium prophylaxis may call for life-long routine management. The lithium/serum-level checks required hitherto are here compared with a non-invasive method, that of determining the lithium level from a mixture of the patient's saliva, a method involving no danger that will eventually assume considerable importance. |
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