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Adjunct treatment with levodopa in a patient with dementia with Lewy bodies, delusions and severe neuroleptic hypersensitivity syndrome

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  04 March 2010

Tomislav Majic ,
Thomas Mell ,
Andreas Heinz  and
Michael A. Rapp
Tomislav Majic
Affiliation:
Department of Psychiatry, Charité – University Medicine Berlin, Campus Charité Mitte, Berlin, Germany
Thomas Mell
Affiliation:
Department of Psychiatry, Charité – University Medicine Berlin, Campus Charité Mitte, Berlin, Germany
Andreas Heinz
Affiliation:
Department of Psychiatry, Charité – University Medicine Berlin, Campus Charité Mitte, Berlin, Germany
Michael A. Rapp*
Affiliation:
Department of Psychiatry, Charité – University Medicine Berlin, Campus Charité Mitte, Berlin, Germany
*
Correspondence should be addressed to: Michael A. Rapp, MD, PhD, Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, Charité University Medicine Berlin, Charitéplatz 1, 10117 Berlin, Germany. Phone: +49 30 2311 2959; Fax: +49 30 2311 2952. Email: michael.rapp@charite.de.
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Abstract

We report on the treatment of a patient suffering from dementia with Lewy bodies who initially presented with severe neurological and psychopathological symptoms. After treating the patient with levodopa and clozapine, these symptoms remitted.

Keywords

Lewy body dementianeuroleptic hypersensitivitylevodopa
Type
Case Report
Information
International Psychogeriatrics , Volume 22 , Issue 4 , June 2010 , pp. 678 - 679
Copyright
Copyright © International Psychogeriatric Association 2010

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