Lithium and pregnancy. 3. Lithium ingestion by children breast-fed by women on lithium treatment.
Children breast-fed by women on lithium treatment ingested lithium with the milk. Their serum lithium concentration was one-third to one-half the concentration in the nursing women's serum. Bottle-feeding should be considered for children of women on lithium treatment.
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