Resolution of symptoms in neuroleptic malignant syndrome

Although neuroleptic malignant syndrome (NMS) manifests consistently with hyperthermia, muscle rigidity, altered mental state, and autonomic instability, heterogeneity exists in the onset, initial manifestations, course, laboratory findings, response to treatment, and pattern of resolution. Comorbid...

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Autores principales: Pereira, Yvonne D.S., Srivastava, Ashish, Cuncoliencar, Bramhanand S., Naik, Nayana
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Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Medknow Publications 2010
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2990829/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21180414
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0019-5545.70988
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author Pereira, Yvonne D.S.
Srivastava, Ashish
Cuncoliencar, Bramhanand S.
Naik, Nayana
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Srivastava, Ashish
Cuncoliencar, Bramhanand S.
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description Although neuroleptic malignant syndrome (NMS) manifests consistently with hyperthermia, muscle rigidity, altered mental state, and autonomic instability, heterogeneity exists in the onset, initial manifestations, course, laboratory findings, response to treatment, and pattern of resolution. Comorbid physical conditions tend to confuse the picture. We report a case of NMS with such a presentation.
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spelling pubmed-29908292010-12-21 Resolution of symptoms in neuroleptic malignant syndrome Pereira, Yvonne D.S. Srivastava, Ashish Cuncoliencar, Bramhanand S. Naik, Nayana Indian J Psychiatry Case Report Although neuroleptic malignant syndrome (NMS) manifests consistently with hyperthermia, muscle rigidity, altered mental state, and autonomic instability, heterogeneity exists in the onset, initial manifestations, course, laboratory findings, response to treatment, and pattern of resolution. Comorbid physical conditions tend to confuse the picture. We report a case of NMS with such a presentation. Medknow Publications 2010 /pmc/articles/PMC2990829/ /pubmed/21180414 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0019-5545.70988 Text en © Indian Journal of Psychiatry http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/ This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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Srivastava, Ashish
Cuncoliencar, Bramhanand S.
Naik, Nayana
Resolution of symptoms in neuroleptic malignant syndrome
title Resolution of symptoms in neuroleptic malignant syndrome
title_full Resolution of symptoms in neuroleptic malignant syndrome
title_fullStr Resolution of symptoms in neuroleptic malignant syndrome
title_full_unstemmed Resolution of symptoms in neuroleptic malignant syndrome
title_short Resolution of symptoms in neuroleptic malignant syndrome
title_sort resolution of symptoms in neuroleptic malignant syndrome
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2990829/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21180414
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0019-5545.70988
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