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J Inherit Metab Dis
; 26(6): 611-2, 2003.
Artigo
em Inglês
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-14605508
RESUMO
We present a patient with juvenile neuronal ceroid lipofuscinosis who developed a neuroleptic malignant syndrome when treated for hallucinations with a very low dose of risperidone, an atypical neuroleptic medication with usually few extrapyramidal side-effects. The loss of dopaminergic neurons in this condition may make these patients more vulnerable to this severe adverse effect.