Atypical Antipsychotics and Neuroleptic Malignant Syndrome: Dear Editor
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Atypical neuroleptic malignant syndrome or serotonin toxicity associated with atypical antipsychotics?
Atypical antipsychotics and selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs) have been prescribed extensively, often in combination with each other. When toxic encephalopathy develops with neuromuscular and autonomic symptoms in a patient taking medication including atypical antipsychotics, it has tended to be diagnosed as neuroleptic malignant syndrome (NMS). However, there have recently been s...
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عنوان ژورنال: The Canadian Journal of Psychiatry
سال: 2001
ISSN: 0706-7437,1497-0015
DOI: 10.1177/070674370104600923