Antinuclear antibodies in psychiatric illness: their relationship to diagnosis and drug treatment.
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Antinuclear antibodies occurred more often and in higher titres in psychiatric patients than in controls. Anti-DNA antibodies were not found. We suggest that antinuclear antibodies may be drug-induced and that lithium carbonate may have a particular tendency to produce this reaction.
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ورودعنوان ژورنال:
- British medical journal
دوره 2 5973 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 1975