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Science 31 August 1979:
Vol. 205. no. 4409, pp. 932 - 934
DOI: 10.1126/science.472716
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Science, Vol 205, Issue 4409, 932-934
Copyright © 1979 by American Association for the Advancement of Science

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Lithium transport across red cell membrane: a cell membrane abnormality in manic-depressive illness

E Dorus, GN Pandey, R Shaughnessy, M Gaviria, E Val, S Ericksen, and JM Davis

In the families of manic-depressive patients, relatives with a history of affective disorders had a significantly higher ratio of mean red cell lithium to plasma lithium in vitro than relatives with no such history. A genetically controlled abnormality in lithium-sodium transport, the mechanism that determines the lithium ratio, may play a role in the etiology of some forms of affective disorders.


THIS ARTICLE HAS BEEN CITED BY OTHER ARTICLES:
Lithium Ion Transport and Affective Disorders Within Families of Bipolar Patients: Identification of a Major Gene Locus.
E. Dorus, N. J. Cox, R. D. Gibbons, R. Shaughnessy, G. N. Pandey, and C. R. Cloninger (1983)
Arch Gen Psychiatry 40, 545-552
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Lithium Transport Across the RBC Membrane: A Study of Genetic Factors.
E. Dorus, G. N. Pandey, R. Shaughnessy, and J. M. Davis (1980)
Arch Gen Psychiatry 37, 80-81
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