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This chapter reviews the neuroimaging features of the potential effects of lithium therapy.

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  1. Department of Radiology, Lahey Hospital & Medical Center, Burlington, MA, USA

    Temilola Akinola

  2. Division of Neuroradiology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, USA

    Karen Buch & Aaron Paul

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  1. Department of Radiology, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL, USA

    Daniel Thomas Ginat

  2. Diagnostic Radiology, Lahey Hospital and Medical Center, Burlington, MA, USA

    Juan E. Small

  3. Department of Neuroradiology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, USA

    Pamela Whitney Schaefer

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Akinola, T., Buch, K., Paul, A. (2022). Lithium. In: Ginat, D.T., Small, J.E., Schaefer, P.W. (eds) Neuroimaging Pharmacopoeia. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-08774-5_36

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