We report the case of a patient with tardive dystonia and a history of psychiatric illness who showed signs of neuroleptic malignant syndrome (NMS) after chronic treatment with tetrabenazine. The first symptom was a mental status change 'consisting of confusion, disorganized thinking, paranoid delus
Tetrabenazine as a cause of neuroleptic malignant syndrome
β Scribed by M. Ossemann; C. J. M. Sindic; C. Laterre
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 1996
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 129 KB
- Volume
- 11
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0885-3185
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