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Differences in Telomere Length Between Patients with Bipolar Disorder and Controls are Influenced by Lithium Treatment
6 May 2020
Abstract excerpt
Aim: To assess the role of lithium treatment in the relationship between bipolar disorder (BD) and leukocyte telomere length (LTL). Materials & methods: We compared LTL between 131 patients with BD, with or without a history of lithium treatment, and 336 controls. We tested the association between genetically determined LTL and BD in two large genome-wide association datasets. Results: Patients with BD with a...
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