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Frequency and presentation of neuroleptic malignant syndrome: a prospective study
P E Keck1, H G Pope, S L McElroy
1Epidemiology Laboratory, McLean Hospital, Belmont, MA 02178.
The American Journal of Psychiatry
|October 1, 1987
Abstract:
In an 18-month prospective assessment of 679 hospitalized, neuroleptic-treated patients, the authors, using previously defined operational criteria, diagnosed neuroleptic malignant syndrome in six cases (0.9%). This supports their earlier finding that the syndrome appeared in about 1% of neuroleptic-treated patients.