Lithium Salt Intoxication and Neurologic Sequelae
Abstract
Abstract To the Editor. —I wish to point out some important omissions in the article on "Persisting Neurologic Sequelae of Lithium Carbonate Therapy" by Donaldson and Cuningham.1 The article makes no mention of the similarity of their two cases to the neuroleptic malignant syndrome that is characterized by altered consciousness, hyperthermia, autonomic hypersensitivity, and severe rigidity.2While the neuroleptic malignant syndrome is not generally associated with persistent...