Lithium Therapy and Thyroid Disorders
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Lithium Therapy and Thyroid Disorders
Lithium carbonate is used as a first-line treatment for bipolar disorder and is given to approximately 1 in every 200 patients with this psychiatric disease. Lithium, an element in the alkali metal group, has a variety of anti-thyroid effects, primarily goiter formation and hypothyroidism. Rarely, lithium may cause hyperthyroidism secondary to thyroiditis or through possible autoimmune actions....
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Thyroid Disorders & Therapy
سال: 2013
ISSN: 2167-7948
DOI: 10.4172/2167-7948.1000125