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Pharmacopsychiatry 2015; 48(03): 121-122
DOI: 10.1055/s-0035-1547272
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© Georg Thieme Verlag KG Stuttgart · New York

Non-fatal Lithium Intoxication with 5.5 mmol/L Serum Level

R. Haussmann
1   Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, University Hospital Carl Gustav Carus, Technische Universität Dresden, Dresden, Germany
,
M. Bauer
1   Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, University Hospital Carl Gustav Carus, Technische Universität Dresden, Dresden, Germany
,
S. von Bonin
2   Department of Internal Medicine, University Hospital Carl Gustav Carus, Technische Universität Dresden, Dresden, Germany
,
U. Lewitzka
1   Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, University Hospital Carl Gustav Carus, Technische Universität Dresden, Dresden, Germany
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received 19 February 2014
revised 15 February 2015

accepted 17 February 2015

Publication Date:
12 March 2015 (online)

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lithium - intoxication - depression treatment
 

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