Abstract
The authors found that 73 (8.4%) of 866 patients with chronic schizophrenia in the Shanghai Psychiatric Hospital who had been treated with neuroleptics had tardive dyskinesia. This low prevalence rate is possibly ascribable to the use of relatively low doses of neuroleptics.
Publication types
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Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S.
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Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S.
MeSH terms
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Adult
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Antipsychotic Agents / adverse effects*
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China
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Cross-Sectional Studies
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Dose-Response Relationship, Drug
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Dyskinesia, Drug-Induced / epidemiology*
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Dyskinesia, Drug-Induced / etiology
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Female
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Hospitals, Psychiatric*
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Humans
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Male
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Schizophrenia / drug therapy*
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Sex Factors