Lithium succinate

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IUPAC_name = lithium butanedioic acid


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ATC_prefix = D11
ATC_suffix = AX04
PubChem = 65248
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chemical_formula = C₄H₅LiO₄
molecular_weight = 124.02 g/mol
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Lithium succinate, the lithium salt of succinic acid, is a drug used in the treatment of seborrhoeic dermatitiscite journal |author=Leeming JP |title=Use of topical lithium succinate in the treatment of seborrhoeic dermatitis |journal=Dermatology (Basel) |volume=187 |issue=2 |pages=149–50 |year=1993 |pmid=8358107 |doi=] and proposed for the treatment of anogenital warts.cite journal |author=Ward KA, Armstrong KD, Maw RD, Winther MD, Gilburt SJ, Dinsmore WW |title=A pilot study to investigate the treatment of anogenital warts with Topical Lithium Succinate cream (8% lithium succinate, 0.05% zinc sulphate) |journal=International journal of STD & AIDS |volume=8 |issue=8 |pages=515–7 |year=1997 |pmid=9259500 |doi=]

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