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

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Pharmacopsychiatry 2015; 48(03): 121-122
DOI: 10.1055/s-0035-1547272

Letter

R. Haussmann

¹Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, University Hospital Carl Gustav Carus, Technische Universität Dresden, Dresden, Germany

,

M. Bauer

¹Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, University Hospital Carl Gustav Carus, Technische Universität Dresden, Dresden, Germany

,

S. von Bonin

²Department of Internal Medicine, University Hospital Carl Gustav Carus, Technische Universität Dresden, Dresden, Germany

,

U. Lewitzka

¹Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, University Hospital Carl Gustav Carus, Technische Universität Dresden, Dresden, Germany

Further Information

received 19 February 2014
revised 15 February 2015

accepted 17 February 2015

Publication Date:
12 March 2015 (online)

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