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Tardive dyskinesia and pregnancy and delivery complications

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Twelve children and adolescents with movements suggestive of tardive dyskinesia (TD) were compared to 49 non-TD patients while receiving neuroleptic treatment. A multiple regression analysis revealed the diagnosis of TD to be significantly associated with a history of pregnancy and delivery complications (PDCs), suggesting that these events may increase the risk of the development of treatment emergent TD.

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  1. Port Said Medical College, Port Said, Egypt

    Gleen Hirsch MD

  2. SUNY Stony Brook, 40 Woodbine Road, 10956, New City, NY

    Mohamed H. El-DeFrawi MD, Abel Jurkowicz MD & Thomas J. Craig MD, MPH

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El-DeFrawi, M.H., Hirsch, G., Jurkowicz, A. et al. Tardive dyskinesia and pregnancy and delivery complications. Child Psych Hum Dev 26, 151–157 (1996). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02353356

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