Tardive Parkinsonism, orofacial dyskinesia and akathisia following brief exposure to lithium carbonate

Journal of the Neurological Sciences

Volumn 176, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 78-79

  Muthane, Uday B ^a   Prasad, B N K ^a   Vasanth, Anisya ^a   Satishchandra, P ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF MENTAL HEALTH AND NEUROSCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

Akathisia; Lithium; Parkinsonism; Tardive dyskinesia

Indexed keywords

AMANTADINE; LITHIUM CARBONATE; TRIHEXYPHENIDYL;

AGED; AKATHISIA; CASE REPORT; CONFUSION; DRUG BLOOD LEVEL; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; FEMALE; HUMAN; LETTER; MANIC DEPRESSIVE PSYCHOSIS; OROFACIAL DYSKINESIA; PARKINSONISM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TREMOR;

AGED; AKATHISIA, DRUG-INDUCED; ANTIDEPRESSIVE AGENTS; DEPRESSION; DYSKINESIA, DRUG-INDUCED; FEMALE; HUMANS; LITHIUM CARBONATE; PARKINSON DISEASE, SECONDARY;

EID: 0034193883     PISSN: 0022510X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-510X(00)00306-3     Document Type: Letter

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