Citation

Fleischhacker WW, Unterweger B, Kane JM, Hinterhuber H. Acta Psychiatr. Scand. 1990; 81(1): 3-5.

Affiliation

Department of Psychiatry, Innsbruck University Clinics, Austria.

Copyright

(Copyright © 1990, John Wiley and Sons)

DOI

unavailable

PMID

2184638

Abstract

Neuroleptic malignant syndrome and lethal catatonia are potentially life-threatening diseases with similar clinical features, including fever, akinesia and rigidity. Differential diagnosis is difficult but possible by exact clinical observation and a detailed history of the 2 weeks prior to the onset of illness.

Language: en