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Incipient Neuroleptic Malignant Syndrome?

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  03 January 2018

V. R. Velamoor ,
M. L. D. Fernando  and
P. Williamson
V. R. Velamoor*
Affiliation:
Victoria Hospital, London, Ontario and University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario N6A 3K7
M. L. D. Fernando
Affiliation:
University of Western Ontario and Director, Essex County, St Thomas Psychiatric Hospital, St Thomas, Ontario N5P 3V9
P. Williamson
Affiliation:
University of Western Ontario, Head, Active Treatment Clinic, London Psychiatric Hospital, 850 Highbury Avenue, London, Ontario N6A 4H1, Canada
*
∗Correspondence
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Abstract

Recognising confusion as an antecedent to NMS may help abort the full-blown syndrome. Two such cases are reported, along with a third.

Type
Brief Reports
Information
The British Journal of Psychiatry , Volume 156 , Issue 4 , April 1990 , pp. 581 - 584
Copyright
Copyright © Royal College of Psychiatrists, 1990 

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