## Background: Chronically hospitalized geriatric inpatients with schizophrenia are at particular risk for both tardive dyskinesia (td) and cognitive impairment but have been insufficiently studied in this regard. similarly, the relationship between td and cognitive impairment has not be adequately
Association of tardive dyskinesia with increased frequency of eye movement disturbances in chronic schizophrenic patients
β Scribed by Godehard Oepen; Uwe Thoden; Christoph Warmke
- Publisher
- Springer-Verlag
- Year
- 1990
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 647 KB
- Volume
- 239
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 1433-8491
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