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Case Reports
. 1992 Mar;13(2):169-70.
doi: 10.1007/BF02226968.

Apomorphine in malignant syndrome due to levodopa withdrawal

U Bonuccelli  1 , P Piccini, G U Corsini, A Muratorio
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Case Reports

Apomorphine in malignant syndrome due to levodopa withdrawal

U Bonuccelli et al. Ital J Neurol Sci. 1992 Mar.

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.

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