Pawel B R, Kaye W A, Khan M Y, Fergusen B D, Federman M, Crosson A W
Department of Medicine, Joslin Diabetes Center, Boston.
J Clin Psychiatry. 1989 Mar;50(3):101-3.
A manic-depressive diabetic man receiving lithium carbonate therapy had massive proteinuria, which dramatically improved after the withdrawal of lithium. The authors discuss previous cases of lithium-induced nephrotic syndrome in nondiabetics and draw attention to the possibility that lithium therapy aggravates protein excretion in diabetic patients.