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Toxicity of Lithium Carbonate in Elderly Patients

Published Online:https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.127.8.1075

The author describes the clinical courses of three geriatric patients who had acute toxic reactions to lithium carbonate. He points out that the peculiar variations in serum lithium levels in two of these patients may have been early indications of their extreme sensitivity to lithium.

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