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The neuroleptic malignant syndrome and its differentiation from lethal catatonia
Author(s) -
Fleischhacker W. W.,
Unterweger B.,
Kane J. M.,
Hinterhuber H.
Publication year - 1990
Publication title -
acta psychiatrica scandinavica
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.849
H-Index - 146
eISSN - 1600-0447
pISSN - 0001-690X
DOI - 10.1111/j.1600-0447.1990.tb06439.x
Subject(s) - catatonia , neuroleptic malignant syndrome , differential diagnosis , medicine , psychiatry , pediatrics , pathology , schizophrenia (object oriented programming)
Neuroleptic malignant syndrome and lethal catatonia are potentially lifethreatening diseases with similar clinical features, including fever, akinesia and rigidity. Differential diagnosis is difficult but possible by exact clinical observation and a detailed history of the 2 weeks prior to the onset of illness.