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Permanent neurological deficits due to lithium toxicity
Author(s) -
Apte Sateesh N.,
Langston J. William
Publication year - 1983
Publication title -
annals of neurology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 4.764
H-Index - 296
eISSN - 1531-8249
pISSN - 0364-5134
DOI - 10.1002/ana.410130414
Subject(s) - choreoathetosis , parkinsonism , lithium (medication) , ataxia , medicine , toxicity , pediatrics , anesthesia , dystonia , psychiatry , disease
Two patients exhibited permanent neurological deficits following relatively uncomplicated episodes of lithium intoxication. Lithium toxicity alone appears to result in a fairly consistent combination of neurological findings, including deficits in recent memory, limb and truncal ataxia, and choreoathetosis or parkinsonism. The potential role of early hemodialysis in preventing these permanent deficits is discussed.