Response to benzodiazepines and the clinical course in malignant catatonia associated with schizophrenia
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Response to benzodiazepines and the clinical course in malignant catatonia associated with schizophrenia
BACKGROUND Malignant catatonia (MC) is a disorder consisting of catatonic symptoms, hyperthermia, autonomic instability, and altered mental status. Neuroleptic malignant syndrome (NMS) caused by antipsychotics is considered a variant of MC. Benzodiazepine (BZD) medications are safe and effective treatments providing rapid relief from MC. This case study reports a detailed clinical course of a c...
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عنوان ژورنال: Medicine
سال: 2017
ISSN: 0025-7974
DOI: 10.1097/md.0000000000006566