Dural sinus thrombosis with severe hypernatremia developing in a patient on long-term lithium therapy

Journal of Toxicology - Clinical Toxicology

Volumn 41, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 359-362

  Kamijo, Yoshito ^a   Soma, Kazui ^a   Hamanaka, Satoko ^a   Nagai, Tomonori ^a   Kurihara, Katsuyoshi ^a  

^a KITASATO UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Dural sinus thrombosis; Hypernatremia; Lithium carbonate; Nephrogenic diabetes insipidus

Indexed keywords

INDOMETACIN; LITHIUM; SODIUM; VASOPRESSIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; BRAIN INFARCTION; CASE REPORT; CAUSE OF DEATH; CEREBRAL SINUS THROMBOSIS; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DEHYDRATION; DISEASE EXACERBATION; DRUG BLOOD LEVEL; DURA MATER; EMERGENCY WARD; HUMAN; HYPERNATREMIA; KIDNEY CONCENTRATING CAPACITY; LONG TERM CARE; MALE; MENTAL HOSPITAL; NEPHROGENIC DIABETES INSIPIDUS; PLASMA OSMOLALITY; SCHIZOAFFECTIVE PSYCHOSIS; SODIUM BLOOD LEVEL; SUBARACHNOID HEMORRHAGE; VASOPRESSIN BLOOD LEVEL;

DIABETES INSIPIDUS, NEPHROGENIC; FATAL OUTCOME; HEMORRHAGE; HUMANS; HYPERNATREMIA; LITHIUM CARBONATE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SINUS THROMBOSIS, INTRACRANIAL;

EID: 0037828029     PISSN: 07313810     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1081/CLT-120022003     Document Type: Article

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