The influence of lithiumcarbonate on the hypothalamic-pituitary-thyroid axis. Studies in patients with affective disorders, throtoxicosis and hypothyroidism

In 1968 it was shown by Schou that longterm lithium therapy in psychiatric patients may cause hypothyroidism or goiter. Lithium is frequently used for manic-depressive diseases (i.e. bipolar depressions) and recurrent (i.e. unipolar) depressions, further to be called 'affective disorders'. The influence of lithium-carbonate on the function of the hypothalamic-pituitary-thyroid axis in patients with affective disorders, thyrotoxicosis and hypothyroidism is discussed in this thesis. ...

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