%0 Journal Article
%T Neuroleptic malignant syndrome in a young adult female at the university of Benin Teaching Hospital: a case report
%A John E Osakue
%J Archive of "African Health Sciences".
%D 2018
%R 10.4314/ahs.v18i3.37
%X Neuroleptic malignant syndrome is a rare but life-threatening idiosyncratic complication following the use of antipsychotic agents, anaesthesia and surgery. It is characterized by hyperthermia, muscle rigidity, autonomic disturbances and mental state alterations
%K Neuroleptic malignant syndrome
%K adult female
%K University of Benin Teaching Hospital
%U https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6306994/