Cerebellar syndrome following neuroleptic induced heat stroke.
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- 1 February 1983
- journal article
- case report
- Published by BMJ in Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery & Psychiatry
- Vol. 46 (2) , 183-185
- https://doi.org/10.1136/jnnp.46.2.183
Abstract
We report a patient in whom extreme hyperthermia, rhabdomyolysis, acute renal failure and a residual pancerebellar syndrome occurred while taking a combination of perphenazine and amitriptyline. We postulate that impaired thermoregulation due to psychotropic drugs was responsible for the development of heat stroke and that the cerebellar syndrome resulted directly from the elevated temperature.Keywords
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