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Apomorphine in malignant syndrome due to levodopa withdrawal
U Bonuccelli1, P Piccini, G U Corsini
1Clinica Neurologica, Università di Pisa.
Italian Journal of Neurological Sciences
|March 1, 1992
Abstract:
We report a case of neuroleptic malignant syndrome (NMS) following abrupt reduction of chronic levodopa treatment in a 71 year old female parkinsonian patient. The NMS resolved within 24 hours of the addition of apomorphine to levodopa therapy.