Evidence map›Paper›PMID 41971522›Full record

ArticleBiochemia medica2026

Extrapyramidal and anticholinergic reactions in an adolescent patient: a case for pharmacogenetic consideration.

Iris Žunić Išasegi, Ivana Stefanović, Marta Okružnik Želalić, Livija Šimičević, Lana Ganoci, Maja Živković, Ivan Begovac, Nada Božina

Abstract readCase Reports
In one paragraph

Article in Biochemia medica, 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
0citing papers in PubMed
–field-weighted citation impact
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

0 citing papers in PubMed.

No citing paper in PubMed yet.

4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

8 authors.

Iris Žunić IšasegiDepartment of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, University Hospital Centre Zagreb, Zagreb, Croatia.
Ivana StefanovićDepartment of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, University Hospital Centre Zagreb, Zagreb, Croatia.
Marta Okružnik ŽelalićDepartment of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, University Hospital Centre Zagreb, Zagreb, Croatia.
Livija ŠimičevićDivision of Pharmacogenomics and Therapy Individualization, Department of Laboratory Diagnostics, University Hospital Centre Zagreb, Zagreb, Croatia.
Lana GanociDivision of Pharmacogenomics and Therapy Individualization, Department of Laboratory Diagnostics, University Hospital Centre Zagreb, Zagreb, Croatia.
Maja ŽivkovićSchool of Medicine, University of Zagreb, Zagreb, Croatia.
Ivan BegovacDepartment of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, University Hospital Centre Zagreb, Zagreb, Croatia.
Nada BožinaSchool of Medicine, University of Zagreb, Zagreb, Croatia.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Adolescent patients with borderline personality traits present a significant clinical challenge due to their polymorphic symptomatology occurring together with ongoing psychological and physiological development. While psychotherapy remains the first-line treatment, it is often combined with different psychopharmacological medications. This case report presents a 17.5-year-old female adolescent who developed extrapyramidal symptoms (EPS) following the addition of fluphenazine to her therapy, which had been modified due to deteriorating psychiatric symptoms. After the resolution of the EPS, the patient developed anticholinergic syndrome within a few days. Pharmacogenetic testing showed genetic variations associated with modified drug and dopamine metabolism, which may have contributed to her increased predisposition to drug adverse effects. This case highlights the complexity of psychopharmacological management in adolescents with multidimensional symptomatology and emphasizes the potential value of integrating pharmacogenetic data to guide optimal treatment strategies.

Indexed as

Anticholinergic SyndromeBasal Ganglia DiseasesCholinergic AntagonistsPharmacogeneticsAdolescentFemaleHumansCholinergic Antagonistsanticholinergic syndromeborderline personality traitschild and adolescent psychiatryextrapyramidal symptomspharmacogenetics

Identifiers

PMID41971522
PMCPMC13067897

What OpenQuestion holds

Textmetadata
LicenceCC BY
Read underepoch 390

Registered trials

None linked

Read under generation 80e0d062 · epoch 390. Bibliography from PubMed, PubMed Central and OpenAlex; grants from NIH RePORTER; trial links from ClinicalTrials.gov; estimates, votes and beliefs from the OpenQuestion graph.