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Plasma cortisol and erythrocyte Na-K ATPase, ouabain sensitive K+ influx, lithium, sodium and potassium concentrations were measured twice when patients were on placebo and twice when they were on lithium therapy. The erythrocyte Na-K ATPase was significantly higher during the lithium than during the placebo treated period, whereas the other biochemical values measured showed no significant difference between the two phases.
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Naylor, G.J., Dick, D.A.T., Dick, E.G. et al. Lithium therapy and erythrocyte membrane cation carrier. Psychopharmacologia 37, 81–86 (1974). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00426685
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