Lithium from breast-milk inhibits thyroid iodine uptake and hormone production, which are remedied by maternal iodine supplementation

Ahmed, I; Ma, VC; Liu, YC; Khan, MS; Liu, ZH; Zhang, C; Paidi, SK; Manno, FAM; Amjad, N; Manno, SHC; Ahmed, R; Law, AWL; Ali, A; Raza, F; Zhang, YP; Cho, WCS; Barman, I; Alda, M; Bergink, V; Lau, C

Lau, C (corresponding author), City Univ Hong Kong, Dept Phys, Hong Kong, Peoples R China.

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Abstract

Background Lithium is especially taken as a maintenance medication for Bipolar Disorder. In women with bipolar disorder, lithium is often effective du......

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