Central pontine myelinolysis manifested by temporary blindness: A possible complication of lithium toxicity

Annals of Clinical Psychiatry

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 247-251

  Fabisiak, Danuta B ^a   Murray, George B ^a,b   Stern, Theodore A ^a,b  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Blindness; Central Pontine Myelinolysis; Lithium toxicity

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; GABAPENTIN; HALOPERIDOL; LITHIUM; MYELIN; OXYCODONE; SODIUM; STEROID;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BIPOLAR DISORDER; BLINDNESS; BRAIN EDEMA; CASE REPORT; CENTRAL PONTINE MYELINOLYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OPHTHALMOSCOPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VISUAL HALLUCINATION;

ADULT; ANTIMANIC AGENTS; BIPOLAR DISORDER; BLINDNESS; DELIRIUM; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GENICULATE BODIES; HUMANS; INTRACRANIAL PRESSURE; LITHIUM COMPOUNDS; LOW BACK PAIN; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MYELINOLYSIS, CENTRAL PONTINE; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; TEGMENTUM MESENCEPHALI;

EID: 0037003950     PISSN: 10401237     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1021973202140     Document Type: Article

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