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Case Reports
. 1987 Mar;75(3):237-9.
doi: 10.1111/j.1600-0447.1987.tb02782.x.

A successful electroconvulsive treatment of neuroleptic malignant syndrome

H Hermesh, D Aizenberg, A Weizman
Case Reports

A successful electroconvulsive treatment of neuroleptic malignant syndrome

H Hermesh et al. Acta Psychiatr Scand. 1987 Mar.

Abstract

A case of neuroleptic malignant syndrome (NMS) treated successfully with electroconvulsive therapy (ETC) is described. Repeated exposures of the patients to succinylcholine during ECT did not cause malignant hyperthermia. The efficacy of ECT is probably related to its facilitatory effect upon dopamine (DA) activity in CNS.

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