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Lithium neurotoxicity mimicking rapidly progressive dementia

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  1. Department of Medicine, Surgery and Neurosciences, University of Siena, Viale Bracci 2, 53100, Siena, Italy

    Andrea Mignarri, Elena Chini, Alessandra Rufa, Raffaele Rocchi, Antonio Federico & Maria Teresa Dotti

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Mignarri, A., Chini, E., Rufa, A. et al. Lithium neurotoxicity mimicking rapidly progressive dementia. J Neurol 260, 1152–1154 (2013). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00415-012-6820-z

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