Erythrocyte lithium analysis.
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چکیده
Elizur et al. (1) and Nelson and Cohen (2) found that erythrocyte lithium concentration and erythrocyte/plasma lithium ratio may be of greater diagnostic significance than is serum lithium concentration. Lyttkens et al. (3) found that certain schizophrenic patients retain more lithium intracellularly than do normal persons, which may explain why symptoms of lithium toxicity may appear in the presence of “normal” serum lithium concentrations. Our own clinical results are in harmony with this interpretation.
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ورودعنوان ژورنال:
- Clinical chemistry
دوره 23 5 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 1977