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Carbamazepine and Forme Fruste Neuroleptic Malignant Syndrome

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2018

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

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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Copyright
Copyright © Royal College of Psychiatrists, 1990 

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