A favorable response to lithium carbonate in a "schizo-affective" father and son.
It has recently been suggested that patients with mania are often misdiagnosed as having schizophrenia. The authors report a favorable clinical response to lithium carbonate in a father and son with an apparent schizo-affective syndromes may respond favorably to lithium but caution that a favorable response in such cases does not absolutely confirm a diagnosis of mania.
D000328:Adult; D006801:Humans; D008094:Lithium / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012559:Schizophrenia / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000235:genetics*; D012563:Schizophrenia, Paranoid / Q000188:drug therapy
D008094:Lithium