A rare neurological complication due to lithium poisoning

Hong Kong Medical Journal

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 343-345

  Chan, Ch ^a   Leung, Anne K H ^a   Cheung, Y F ^a   Chan, Phillip Y C ^a   Yeung, Kw A U ^a   Lai, K Y ^a  

^a Queen Elizabeth Hospital   (Jordan)

Author keywords

Bipolar disorder; Giant axonal neuropathy; Lithium compounds; Lithium poisoning; Peripheral nervous system diseases

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; CARVEDILOL; FUROSEMIDE; LITHIUM; PERINDOPRIL TERT BUTYLAMINE; SPIRONOLACTONE; TRIFLUOPERAZINE; TRIHEXYPHENIDYL;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATAXIA; BASAL GANGLION; BIPOLAR DISORDER; BLOOD PRESSURE; BODY TEMPERATURE; CARDIOMYOPATHY; CASE REPORT; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; CLONUS; COGNITION; COMA; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTINUOUS HEMOFILTRATION; DEPRESSION; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EVENING DOSAGE; FASCICULATION; GIANT AXONAL NEUROPATHY; GLASGOW COMA SCALE; HUMAN; INTOXICATION; LITHIUM BLOOD LEVEL; LITHIUM POISONING; LONG TERM CARE; LUMBAR PUNCTURE; MALE; MORNING DOSAGE; MUSCLE HYPOTONIA; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; NERVE CONDUCTION; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NEUROLOGICAL COMPLICATION; NEUROTOXICITY; NYSTAGMUS; PROGNOSIS; SEIZURE; TREATMENT RESPONSE; TREMOR; UNSTEADINESS;

HUMANS; LITHIUM COMPOUNDS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERIPHERAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 84865771236     PISSN: 10242708     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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