LONG-LASTING LITHIUM NEUROTOXICITY IN AN ADOLESECENT

Acute lithium intoxication is well known. A case of long tasting lithium neurotoxicity in an adolescent male is reported, who showed signs of cerebellar as well as brain stem involvement. Persistent lithium neurotoxicity is discussed and the recommendation made that this condition be considered irre...

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Autores principales: Khanna, Rakesh, Sethi, Sujata
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Medknow Publications 1993
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2978470/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21743620
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description Acute lithium intoxication is well known. A case of long tasting lithium neurotoxicity in an adolescent male is reported, who showed signs of cerebellar as well as brain stem involvement. Persistent lithium neurotoxicity is discussed and the recommendation made that this condition be considered irreversible only if no substantial recovery occurs in the first six months.
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spelling pubmed-29784702011-07-08 LONG-LASTING LITHIUM NEUROTOXICITY IN AN ADOLESECENT Khanna, Rakesh Sethi, Sujata Indian J Psychiatry Case Report Acute lithium intoxication is well known. A case of long tasting lithium neurotoxicity in an adolescent male is reported, who showed signs of cerebellar as well as brain stem involvement. Persistent lithium neurotoxicity is discussed and the recommendation made that this condition be considered irreversible only if no substantial recovery occurs in the first six months. Medknow Publications 1993 /pmc/articles/PMC2978470/ /pubmed/21743620 Text en Copyright: © Indian Journal of Psychiatry http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0 This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 Unported, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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LONG-LASTING LITHIUM NEUROTOXICITY IN AN ADOLESECENT
title LONG-LASTING LITHIUM NEUROTOXICITY IN AN ADOLESECENT
title_full LONG-LASTING LITHIUM NEUROTOXICITY IN AN ADOLESECENT
title_fullStr LONG-LASTING LITHIUM NEUROTOXICITY IN AN ADOLESECENT
title_full_unstemmed LONG-LASTING LITHIUM NEUROTOXICITY IN AN ADOLESECENT
title_short LONG-LASTING LITHIUM NEUROTOXICITY IN AN ADOLESECENT
title_sort long-lasting lithium neurotoxicity in an adolesecent
topic Case Report
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2978470/
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