CellWell record HH-5444
Lithium treatment and risk of dementia
Kessing LV; Sondergard L; Forman JL; Andersen PK
Archives of General Psychiatry ยท 2008
In plain language
In a cohort of over 16,000 patients with bipolar disorder, continued lithium treatment was associated with a dementia incidence rate close to that of the general population, unlike other mood stabilizers.
- Evidence
- Emerging
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- Human
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