Catatonia and not neuroleptic malignant syndrome
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Neuroleptic malignant syndrome and catatonia: one entity or two?
(Alder et al 1985). Both patients were heavy smokers, and tobacco smoking has been shown to interfere with the protective action of estrogens on bone mineralization. Pocock et al (1989) showed this difference in the lumbar spine and proximal femur bone densities in identical twins discordant for smoking. Polydipsia is another potential risk factor for osteoporosis, since the resulting secondary...
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عنوان ژورنال: British Journal of Psychiatry
سال: 1993
ISSN: 0007-1250,1472-1465
DOI: 10.1192/bjp.162.2.274