Diagnosis and treatment of movement disorder emergencies

Urszula Fiszer

ISSN: 1505-8409

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Diagnosis and treatment of movement disorder emergencies

Urszula Fiszer

Przew Lek 2006; 9; 66-71

Online publish date: 2006/11/22

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Movement disorder emergencies are defined as movement disorders which develop rapidly over hours to days. Such emergencies rarely occur in practice. The ability to properly diagnose such emergencies is very important, as wrong diagnosis and management may result in mortality.

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Diagnosis and treatment of movement disorder emergencies

Urszula Fiszer

movement disorders, parkinsonism-hyperpyrexia syndrome, neuroleptic malignant syndrome, serotonin syndrome