A 30-year-old white man with schizophrenia developed anorexia and nausea, and was admitted to hospital for confusion and delirium. He was on olanzapine, 10 days prior to admission. On admission, typical neuroleptic malignant syndrome (NMS) developed with elevated body temperature (39.7 degrees C), o
Neuroleptic malignant-like syndrome associated with acute hydrocephalus
โ Scribed by Chin-Song Lu; Shan-Jin Ryu
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 1991
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 458 KB
- Volume
- 6
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0885-3185
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