Lithium Transport Across the RBC Membrane
- 1 January 1980
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Medical Association (AMA) in Archives of General Psychiatry
- Vol. 37 (1) , 80-81
- https://doi.org/10.1001/archpsyc.1980.01780140082009
Abstract
• The measurement of the ratio of RBC to plasma lithium ion levels in vitro in 291 members of 120 families indicated that genetic factors contribute substantially to interindividual variability in the lithium ion distribution across the RBC membrane. These factors affect the lithium-sodium ion exchange system that determines the lithium ion distribution.Arch Gen Psychiatry 37:80-81,1980)Keywords
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