Seven consecutive episodes of neuroleptic malignant syndrome in five cases were treated with 50-600 mg/day (mean 342 mg/day) of levodopa. In four episodes active pharmacological treatment was initiated with levodopa, while in the remaining three episodes it was introduced because of poor therapeutic
Frégoli syndrome associated with levodopa treatment
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- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 2007
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 47 KB
- Volume
- 23
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0885-3185
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