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Neuroleptic-induced dystonia: incidence and risk factors

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  16 April 2020

Massimo Ballerini ,
Simona Bellini ,
Carlo Niccolai ,
Valentina Pieroni  and
Maurizio Ferrara
Massimo Ballerini
Affiliation:
Department of Mental Health, University of Florence, Florence, Italy
Simona Bellini*
Affiliation:
Psychiatric Unit, Department of Neurologic and Psychiatric Sciences, University of Florence, Policlinico di Careggi. Via G.di Vittorio, 25, 50015Grassina Florence, Italy
Carlo Niccolai
Affiliation:
Mental Health Turin, Turin, Italy
Valentina Pieroni
Affiliation:
Psychiatric Unit, Department of Neurologic and Psychiatric Sciences, University of Florence, Policlinico di Careggi. Via G.di Vittorio, 25, 50015Grassina Florence, Italy
Maurizio Ferrara
Affiliation:
Psychiatric Unit, Department of Neurologic and Psychiatric Sciences, University of Florence, Policlinico di Careggi. Via G.di Vittorio, 25, 50015Grassina Florence, Italy
*
*E-mail address:simo.bellini@inwind.it (S. Bellini).
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Summary

Retrospective evaluation of patients admitted consecutively to the psychiatric units of two general hospitals in Florence, to evaluate the rate and risk factors of neuroleptic-induced dystonia (NDA). One hundred and fifty-nine patients out of 2354 reviewed charts were included. The incidence of NDA was 15.7%. Multivariate analyses revealed that both age and neuroleptization speed (NS)—a new variable—were related to the occurrence of dystonia.

Keywords

Extrapyramidal side effectsExtrapyramidal syndromeAcute neurodystoniaNeuroleptics
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European Psychiatry , Volume 17 , Issue 6 , October 2002 , pp. 366 - 368
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Copyright © Éditions scientifiques et médicales Elsevier SAS 2002

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