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Neuroleptic malignant syndrome with hypomania and mental retardation
Author(s) -
WARD M. R.,
CORBETT J. A.
Publication year - 1989
Publication title -
journal of intellectual disability research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.941
H-Index - 104
eISSN - 1365-2788
pISSN - 0964-2633
DOI - 10.1111/j.1365-2788.1989.tb01484.x
Subject(s) - hypomania , psychiatry , neuroleptic malignant syndrome , medicine , pediatrics , psychology , bipolar disorder , mania , lithium (medication)
. A case of neuroleptic malignant syndrome is described in a 37‐year‐old man with mental retardation, hypomania and a history of recent hepatitis B infection. The NMS is reviewed and the potential importance of this iatrogenic emergency in mental handicap practice is emphasized.