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Treatment for Antipsychotic-Induced Tardive Dyskinesia: New Insights
Author(s)Brian Miller, MD, PhD, MPH
Tardive dyskinesia, an involuntary athetoid or choreiform movements, generally of the tongue, lower face and jaw, and extremities, is highly prevalent in patients with schizophrenia after long-term antipsychotic use. What about clozapine for TD?
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