General Hospital Psychiatry
Volume 25, Issue 1 , Pages 53-55 , January 2003

A patient with lithium intoxication developing at therapeutic serum lithium levels and persistent delirium after discontinuation of its administration

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doi: 10.1016/S0163-8343(02)00238-4

General Hospital Psychiatry
Volume 25, Issue 1 , Pages 53-55 , January 2003

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