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Abstract
After 25 years of continuous lithium therapy, a woman with moderate intellectual disability and bipolar disorder developed symptoms suggestive of dementia. In fact, she had developed lithium neurotoxicity, but this was overlooked for 18 months as serial lithium levels were in the therapeutic range. © BMJ Publishing Group Limited 2019. No commercial re-use. See rights and permissions. Published by BMJ.Entities:
Keywords: drugs: psychiatry; mood disorders (including depression); psychiatry; psychiatry (drugs And Medicines); unwanted effects / adverse reactions
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Year: 2019 PMID: 30659009 PMCID: PMC6340573 DOI: 10.1136/bcr-2018-227741
Source DB: PubMed Journal: BMJ Case Rep ISSN: 1757-790X