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© 1986 Oxford University Press

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TARDIVE DYSKINESIA IN THE ELDERLY

FIONA M. RAMSAY, Senior Registrar and PETER H. MILLARD, Eleanor Peel Professor of Geriatric Medicine

Department of Geriatric Medicine, St George's Hospital Medical School Cranmer Terrace, London SW17 ORE
St George's Hospital Medical School Cranmer Terrace, London SW17 ORE

Four hundred and twenty-six elderly subjects were assessed for the presence of dyskinetic movements. Dyskinetic movements were present in 49 subjects (11.5%). Ninety-two per cent had orofacial movements, by far the commonest being chewing. Dyskinetic movements were present in 12.5% of women and 7.6% of men. Abnormal movements were present in 8% of the subjects who had never received neuroleptic drugs and in 20.8% of those who had. There was a statistically significant association between developing dyskinetic movements and receiving chlorpromazine and flupenthixol. There was no association between either advancing age or dementia and dyskinetic movements.

accepted in revised form December 12, 1985.


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