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. 1978 Jul;135(7):851-3.
doi: 10.1176/ajp.135.7.851.

Extrapyramidal side effects with lithium treatment

J Kane, A Rifkin, F Quitkin, D F Klein

Extrapyramidal side effects with lithium treatment

J Kane et al. Am J Psychiatry. 1978 Jul.

Abstract

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.

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