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The American Journal of Psychiatry, VOL. 130, No. 9

Articles | September 01, 1973

Lithium-Induced Folliculitis

ARTHUR RIFKIN; STEPHEN B. KURTIN; FREDERIC QUITKIN; DONALD F. KLEIN

Am J Psychiatry 1973;130:1018-1019.

Director of the Aftercare Clinic, Hillside Division, Long Island Jewish-Hillside Medical Center, P.O. Box 38, Glen Oaks, N.Y. 11004

Staff Psychiatrist, Hillside Division, Long Island Jewish-Hillside Medical Center, P.O. Box 38, Glen Oaks, N.Y. 11004

Medical Director (Evaluation), Hillside Division, Long Island Jewish-Hillside Medical Center, P.O. Box 38, Glen Oaks, N.Y. 11004

Clinical Associate, Department of Dermatology, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, N.Y.

1973, the American Psychiatric Association

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Twelve patients receiving long-term treatment with lithium developed folliculitis on their extremities and/or trunks. The rash disappeared in three patients who discontinued lithium therapy, and in one patient it reappeared when she again received lithium. The authors concluded that folliculitis is a common, but not serious, side effect of lithium treatment.

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