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Abstract
The authors describe a patient with the neuroleptic malignant syndrome whose excessive catecholamine excretion indicates hyperactivity of the sympathoadrenomedullary component of the autonomic nervous system. Their finding provides a physiological basis for using catecholamine blocking agents to treat some patients with this syndrome.Entities:
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Year: 1981 PMID: 6114644 DOI: 10.1176/ajp.138.8.1115
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Am J Psychiatry ISSN: 0002-953X Impact factor: 18.112