Relationships between tardive dyskinesia (TD) and the life expectancy of schizophrenic patients who suffer it were examined in two studies over a 50-month period. In a prospective study, the mortality rate was found to be higher in patients with T D than in those without. This suggests either that T
Intra-patient variability in the measurement of tardive dyskinesia
β Scribed by Mary Ann Richardson; Thomas J. Craig; Marc H. Branchey
- Publisher
- Springer
- Year
- 1982
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 336 KB
- Volume
- 76
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0033-3158
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