Neurotoxicity with therapeutic lithium levels: A case report

Journal of Psychiatric Practice

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 60-63

  Grueneberger, Elizabeth C ^b   Maria Rountree, E ^b   Baron Short, E ^b   Kahn, David A ^a  

^a Howard Hughes Medical Institute   (United States)

^b MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

Lithium; Neurotoxicity; Normal serum levels; Seizure; Side effects

Indexed keywords

DOPAMINE; LITHIUM; PROLACTIN; QUETIAPINE; BENZODIAZEPINE DERIVATIVE; LITHIUM CARBONATE; NEUROLEPTIC AGENT; OLANZAPINE; TRANQUILIZER;

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; BIPOLAR I DISORDER; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COPING BEHAVIOR; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG DOSE INCREASE; DRUG DOSE REDUCTION; DRUG DOSE TITRATION; DRUG TOLERABILITY; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; EVENING DOSAGE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; MALE; MORNING DOSAGE; NEUROTOXICITY; NOTE; PATIENT MONITORING; TONIC CLONIC SEIZURE; TREATMENT DURATION; ARTICLE; BIPOLAR DISORDER; CHEMICALLY INDUCED DISORDER; INTOXICATION; SEIZURE; SUICIDE ATTEMPT;

ANTIMANIC AGENTS; ANTIPSYCHOTIC AGENTS; BENZODIAZEPINES; BIPOLAR DISORDER; HUMANS; LITHIUM CARBONATE; MALE; OVERDOSE; SEIZURES; SUICIDE, ATTEMPTED; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 67650149147     PISSN: 15274160     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.pra.0000344921.36157.dc     Document Type: Note

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