Lithium-induced cortical atrophy and cognitive dysfunction

BMJ Case Reports

Volumn 2014, Issue , 2014, Pages 1-3

  Evrensel, Alper ^a   Ünsalver, Bariş Önen ^a   Ceylan, Mehmet Emin ^a   Cömert, Gökçe ^a  

^a USKUDAR UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LITHIUM;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN ATROPHY; CASE REPORT; COGNITIVE DEFECT; DISTRACTIBILITY; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MANIA; MENTAL DEFICIENCY; MIDDLE AGED; MINI MENTAL STATE EXAMINATION; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; TREATMENT DURATION; ATROPHY; BIPOLAR DISORDER; BRAIN; CHEMICALLY INDUCED; COGNITION; DEGENERATIVE DISEASE; DRUG EFFECTS; ORGAN SIZE; PATHOLOGY;

ATROPHY; BIPOLAR DISORDER; BRAIN; COGNITION; COGNITION DISORDERS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LITHIUM; MIDDLE AGED; NEURODEGENERATIVE DISEASES; ORGAN SIZE;

EID: 84920878784     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1757790X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bcr-2014-207646     Document Type: Article

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