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Lithium-induced cortical atrophy and cognitive dysfunction
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- Published on: 18 December 2015
- Published on: 18 December 2015Regular monitoring is critical for long-term treatment with LiShow More
Dear Dr. Evrensel,
I read with interest your recent paper in BMJ Case Reports. Based on the single case, you concluded that long-term Li treatment might cause cortical atrophy. Without pre-Li MRI or evidence for increases in GM following discontinuation of Li, this conclusion seems tentative. Even if this was the case, perhaps the brain changes were not related to the duration of use. We detected positive asso...
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