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Catatonia as a risk factor for the development of neuroleptic malignant syndrome: report of a case following treatment with clozapine.
MedLine Citation:
PMID:  19673089     Owner:  NLM     Status:  MEDLINE    
Abstract/OtherAbstract:
Catatonia is characterized by the predominance of psychomotor abnormalities and shares many clinical, biological and treatment response features with the neuroleptic malignant syndrome (NMS), a rare adverse reaction to psychoactive medications. It has been advocated that the two conditions should be placed along the same spectrum of disorders. A case of a 49-year-old woman, who developed NMS while on low dose clozapine soon after recovering from catatonia, is presented. The potential relationship between catatonia and NMS is discussed in the light of the existing literature, and attention is drawn to the risk for clozapine-induced NMS in catatonic patients.
Authors:
Thomas Paparrigopoulos; Elias Tzavellas; Panagiotis Ferentinos; Iraklis Mourikis; John Liappas
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Publication Detail:
Type:  Case Reports; Journal Article    
Journal Detail:
Title:  The world journal of biological psychiatry : the official journal of the World Federation of Societies of Biological Psychiatry     Volume:  10     ISSN:  1562-2975     ISO Abbreviation:  World J. Biol. Psychiatry     Publication Date:  2009  
Date Detail:
Created Date:  2009-08-12     Completed Date:  2009-08-19     Revised Date:  -    
Medline Journal Info:
Nlm Unique ID:  101120023     Medline TA:  World J Biol Psychiatry     Country:  England    
Other Details:
Languages:  eng     Pagination:  70-3     Citation Subset:  IM    
Affiliation:
Department of Psychiatry, Athens University Medical School, Eginition Hospital, Athens, Greece. Thomas.Paparrigopoulos@iop.kcl.ac.uk
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MeSH Terms
Descriptor/Qualifier:
Antipsychotic Agents / adverse effects*,  therapeutic use
Catatonia / chemically induced,  diagnosis,  drug therapy*
Clozapine / adverse effects*,  therapeutic use
Dose-Response Relationship, Drug
Female
Humans
Middle Aged
Neuroleptic Malignant Syndrome / diagnosis,  etiology*
Psychotic Disorders / drug therapy
Risk Factors
Schizophrenia, Catatonic / drug therapy
Chemical
Reg. No./Substance:
0/Antipsychotic Agents; 5786-21-0/Clozapine

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