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Catatonia and the Neuroleptic Malignant Syndrome – a Single Entity?

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2018

D. A. C. White
D. A. C. White*
Affiliation:
Department of Psychiatry, University of Cape Town and Groote Schuur Hospital, Observatory 7925, South Africa
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Abstract

Separate episodes of both catatonia and the so-called ‘neuroleptic malignant syndrome’ (NMS) occurred within the same patient. The only evidence for NMS in this case was prior administration of a neuroleptic and the presence of generalised muscular rigidity. It is suggested that it is misleading to view these conditions as separate diagnostic entities and that NMS is probably more correctly incorporated into the catatonic disorders.

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The British Journal of Psychiatry , Volume 161 , Issue 4 , October 1992 , pp. 558 - 560
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Copyright © 1992 The Royal College of Psychiatrists 

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