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Lithium-Induced Folliculitis

ARTHUR RIFKIN, STEPHEN B. KURTIN, FREDERIC QUITKIN, and DONALD F. KLEINAuthors Info & Affiliations

Publication: American Journal of Psychiatry

Volume 130, Number 9

https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.130.9.1018

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Twelve patients receiving long-term treatment with lithium developed folliculitis on their extremities and/or trunks. The rash disappeared in three patients who discontinued lithium therapy, and in one patient it reappeared when she again received lithium. The authors concluded that folliculitis is a common, but not serious, side effect of lithium treatment.

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American Journal of Psychiatry

Volume 130 • Number 9 • September 1973

Pages: 1018 - 1019

PubMed: 4727757

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Published in print: September 1973

Published online: 1 April 2006

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ARTHUR RIFKIN

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STEPHEN B. KURTIN

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FREDERIC QUITKIN

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DONALD F. KLEIN

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Director of the Aftercare Clinic, Hillside Division, Long Island Jewish-Hillside Medical Center, P.O. Box 38, Glen Oaks, N.Y. 11004

Staff Psychiatrist, Hillside Division, Long Island Jewish-Hillside Medical Center, P.O. Box 38, Glen Oaks, N.Y. 11004

Medical Director (Evaluation), Hillside Division, Long Island Jewish-Hillside Medical Center, P.O. Box 38, Glen Oaks, N.Y. 11004

Clinical Associate, Department of Dermatology, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, N.Y.

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Lithium-Induced Folliculitis

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