title: Lead levels in the hair of bipolar patients and normal controls.
abstract: The analysis of hair samples taken from ten symptomatic bipolar patients and from ten normal controls matched for age, sex and race suggest that a relatively high body burden of lead may be associated with episodes of bipolar illness.
mesh_terms: D001714:Bipolar Disorder / Q000378:metabolism*; D006197:Hair / Q000032:analysis; D006801:Humans; D007854:Lead / Q000032:analysis*
chemical_list: D007854:Lead