Tardive Dystonia: Clinical Spectrum and Novel Manifestations
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Prevalence of tardive dystonia.
Tardive dystonia is a rare late-onset side effect of neuroleptics. This paper presents a prevalence study of 351 inpatients conducted in our hospital. Seven patients (2%) were found to suffer from this condition. The majority were found to be young and had received neuroleptics for a variable number of years before the onset of the dystonia. In general, treatment of this condition is disappoint...
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عنوان ژورنال: Behavioural Neurology
سال: 1988
ISSN: 0953-4180,1875-8584
DOI: 10.1155/1988/362502