Thyroid and renal tumors in patients treated with long-term lithium: case series from a lithium clinic, review of the literature and international pharmacovigilance reports
Abstract Background Cancer had never been considered as a relevant problem in patients treated with lithium until 2015, when a document published by the European Medicine Agency concluded that long-term use of lithium might induce renal tumors. A few months later, we observed the case of a woman tre...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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SpringerOpen
2018-08-01
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| Series: | International Journal of Bipolar Disorders |
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| Online Access: | http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s40345-018-0125-9 |