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ArticleDementia & neuropsychologia

Lithium Intoxication as a cause of reversible dementia mimicking FDG PET features of Alzheimer's disease.

Alexandre Motta Mecê, Vitor Corsaletti Abreu, Gustavo Manginelli Lamas, Rafaella do Rosário Tacla, Thais Benício Minekawa, Celso Dario Ramos, Marcio Luiz Figueiredo Balthazar

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Article in Dementia & neuropsychologia. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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3citing papers in PubMed
0.6field-weighted citation impact, top 35% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

3 citing papers in PubMed, 4 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Alexandre Motta MecêUniversidade Estadual de Campinas, Faculdade de Ciências Médicas, Departamento de Neurologia, São Paulo SP, Brazil.ORCID 0000-0003-1871-4629
Vitor Corsaletti AbreuUniversidade Estadual de Campinas, Faculdade de Ciências Médicas, Departamento de Neurologia, São Paulo SP, Brazil.ORCID 0000-0003-4925-4629
Gustavo Manginelli LamasUniversidade Estadual de Campinas, Faculdade de Ciências Médicas, Departamento de Neurologia, São Paulo SP, Brazil.ORCID 0000-0002-4201-2814
Rafaella do Rosário TaclaUniversidade Estadual de Campinas, Faculdade de Ciências Médicas, Departamento de Neurologia, São Paulo SP, Brazil.ORCID 0000-0002-0059-9565
Thais Benício MinekawaUniversidade Estadual de Campinas, Faculdade de Ciências Médicas, Departamento de Radiologia, Divisão de Medicina Nuclear, São Paulo SP, Brazil.ORCID 0000-0002-9303-129X
Celso Dario RamosUniversidade Estadual de Campinas, Faculdade de Ciências Médicas, Departamento de Radiologia, Divisão de Medicina Nuclear, São Paulo SP, Brazil.ORCID 0000-0002-1312-1026
Marcio Luiz Figueiredo BalthazarUniversidade Estadual de Campinas, Faculdade de Ciências Médicas, Departamento de Neurologia, São Paulo SP, Brazil.ORCID 0000-0002-4780-444X
Universidade Estadual de Campinas (UNICAMP) · BR

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Rapidly progressive dementia (RPD) is a rare neurological disorder. Drug toxicity is among the differential diagnoses, including the use of lithium, in which an overdosage might cause cognitive dysfunction. Clinical suspicion, laboratory confirmation, and drug interruption are key points in the management of lithium intoxication. We described a 66-year-old female patient under treatment with lithium who developed an RPD associated with parkinsonian symptoms.

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Bipolar DisorderLithiumPositron Emission Tomography Computed Tomography

Identifiers

PMID35720658
PMCPMC9173794
OpenAlexW4225154863

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