Am J Psychiatry 1978; 135:851-853
Copyright © 1978 by American Psychiatric Association
Extrapyramidal side effects with lithium treatment
J Kane, A Rifkin, F Quitkin and DF Klein
The authors neurologically examined 38 patients who had received lithium
carbonate for from 3 months to 5 years to determine the presence of
extrapyramidal side effects. No patient had received neuroleptics for 3
months before examination. Definite cogwheeling was found in 2 patients.
The results confirm previously reported occurrence of cogwheeling in
lithium-treated patients.
