منابع مشابه
Neuroleptic malignant syndrome and atypical antipsychotic drugs.
OBJECTIVE The incidence of neuroleptic malignant syndrome (NMS) is not known, but the frequency of its occurrence with conventional antipsychotic agents has been reported to vary from 0.02% to 2.44%. DATA SOURCES MEDLINE search conducted in January 2003 and review of references within the retrieved articles. DATA SYNTHESIS Our MEDLINE research yielded 68 cases (21 females and 47 males) of N...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: BMJ Case Reports
سال: 2016
ISSN: 1757-790X
DOI: 10.1136/bcr-2016-214901