Table 2.

Case reports of pediatric ASD patients with neuroleptic malignant syndrome in the literature: laboratory findings.

	Blood Pressure	Heart Rate	Fever	White Blood Count	AST (IU/L)	ALT (IU/L)	CPK (IU/L)	Cerebral MRI
Patient 1	Elevated	Elevated	Yes	Elevated	195 *	172 *	17,787 *	Normal
Patient 2	Elevated	Elevated	No	Normal	76 *	48 *	5993 *	Normal
Patient 3	Elevated	Elevated	No	NA	39	23	1800 *	MRI worrisome for vascular malformation, CT showed no evidence of AVM
Patient 4	NA	NA	Yes	NA	409 *	100 *	16,000 *	Normal
Patient 5	Elevated	Elevated	Yes	NA	NA	72 *	NA	Normal

Notes: * = abnormal laboratory finding; ALT = alanine transaminase; AST = aspartate transaminase; AVM = atrio ventricular malformation; CPK = creatinine phosphokinase enzyme; EEG = electroencephalogram; MRI = magnetic resonance imaging; NA = not available.