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Carbamazepine and Forme Fruste Neuroleptic Malignant Syndrome

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2018

Tim Dalkin  and
Alan S. Lee
Tim Dalkin*
Affiliation:
Department of Psychiatry, B Floor, University Hospital, Queen's Medical Centre, Nottingham NG7 2UH
Alan S. Lee
Affiliation:
University Hospital, Nottingham
*
∗Correspondence
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Extract

A woman developed rigidity, autonomic instability and altered consciousness after taking an overdose of trifluoperazine and carbamazepine. A diagnosis of NMS was made despite the absence of fever, as carbamazepine might modify the presentation of NMS.

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The British Journal of Psychiatry , Volume 157 , Issue 3 , September 1990 , pp. 437 - 438
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Copyright © Royal College of Psychiatrists, 1990 

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