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  • Title: Pregnancy and malignant catatonia.
    Author: Espínola-Nadurille M, Ramírez-Bermúdez J, Fricchione GL.
    Journal: Gen Hosp Psychiatry; 2007; 29(1):69-71. PubMed ID: 17189750.
    Abstract:
    The occurrence of malignant catatonia in pregnancy is a psychiatric emergency. In this article, we present the case of a pregnant woman with a first psychotic episode with catatonic features, autonomic abnormalities and elevated creatinine phosphokinase levels in the context of a severe adverse reaction to antipsychotic pharmacotherapy who had good responses to electroconvulsive therapy and lorazepam.
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