Neuroleptic malignant syndrome: Patient with unique clinical and physiologic features

Lethargy, marked muscle weakness and rigidity, a maximal temperature of 40 °C, and a maximal creatine kinase value of 17,240 IU/liter developed in a 36-year-old woman following treatment with several neuroleptics. Initial treatment with dantrolene was unsuccessful. The patient's condition impro...

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Veröffentlicht in:	The American journal of medicine 1984-01, Vol.77 (2), p.338-340
Hauptverfasser:	Downey, Gregory P., Rosenberg, Mark, Caroff, Stanley, Beck, Sylvia, Rosenberg, Henry, Gerber, Joseph C., Heiman-Patterson, Terry D., Aronson, Mark D.
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Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Adult Antipsychotic Agents - adverse effects Basal Ganglia Diseases - chemically induced Basal Ganglia Diseases - diagnosis Basal Ganglia Diseases - physiopathology Biological and medical sciences Child Creatine Kinase - metabolism Drug toxicity and drugs side effects treatment Female Humans Infant Male Medical sciences Muscles - enzymology Muscles - ultrastructure Pharmacology. Drug treatments Recurrence Toxicity: nervous system and muscle
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