Thyroid structure and function in long-term lithium-treated and lithium-naïve bipolar patients.

Agnieszka KraszewskaKatarzyna ZiemnickaKatarzyna Jończyk-PotocznaJerzy SowińskiJanusz K Rybakowski

Published in: Human psychopharmacology (2019)

The results show a significant association between long-term lithium treatment and the increase of TSH and fT4, the decrease of fT3, higher thyroid volume, and more frequent goiter and nodular goiter. The effect of lithium on thyroid structure was not associated with its effect on thyroid hormones.

Keyphrases

solid state
end stage renal disease
newly diagnosed
ejection fraction
chronic kidney disease
peritoneal dialysis
prognostic factors
patient reported outcomes
patient reported