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Metoclopramide in a patient with renal failure may be an increased risk of neuroleptic malignant syndrome

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  1. Department of Anesthesiology & Intensive Care Medicine, Kawasaki Medical School, 577 Matsushima, 701-01, Kurashiki-City, Okayama, Japan

    Y. Fujita, T. Yasukawa & M. Mihira

  2. Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Nephrology, Kawasaki Medical School, 577 Matsushima, 701-01, Kurashiki-City, Okayama, Japan

    T. Sasaki

  3. Department of Primary Care Medicine, Kawasaki Medical School, 577 Matsushima, 701-01, Kurashiki-City, Okayama, Japan

    S. Yokoya

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Fujita, Y., Yasukawa, T., Mihira, M. et al. Metoclopramide in a patient with renal failure may be an increased risk of neuroleptic malignant syndrome. Intensive Care Med 22, 717 (1996). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01709759

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