2014
Electrocardiography changes in bipolar patients during long-term lithium monotherapy
Altinbas K, Guloksuz S, Caglar I, Caglar F, Kurt E, Oral E. Electrocardiography changes in bipolar patients during long-term lithium monotherapy. General Hospital Psychiatry 2014, 36: 694-697. PMID: 25091141, DOI: 10.1016/j.genhosppsych.2014.07.001.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsTherapeutic serum levelsHealthy controlsSerum levelsLithium monotherapyLithium levelsEuthymic BD type I patientsBipolar disorderLong-term lithium useBD type I patientsCardiovascular side effectsChronic lithium treatmentSerum lithium levelsVentricular electrical instabilityType I patientsQT dispersion ratioUse of lithiumElectrocardiography changesI patientsBD patientsTherapeutic rangeLithium treatmentQRS intervalQT dispersionLithium useElectrocardiogram parameters
2010
Cytokine levels in euthymic bipolar patients
Guloksuz S, Cetin E, Cetin T, Deniz G, Oral E, Nutt D. Cytokine levels in euthymic bipolar patients. Journal Of Affective Disorders 2010, 126: 458-462. PMID: 20537397, DOI: 10.1016/j.jad.2010.04.027.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsEuthymic bipolar patientsBipolar patientsCytokine levelsHealthy controlsBipolar disorderDepressive episodeLithium monotherapyIL-10 levelsIL-4 levelsSerum cytokine levelsPro-inflammatory stateEffects of medicationNeuro-immune modulationTerms of agePatients 16Cytokine profileCytokine productionPresent studyIL-2IL-4IL-5Healthy volunteersPsychiatric disordersPatientsFlow cytometry