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Chorea and Phenothiazines

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 January 2018

P. F. Kennedy
P. F. Kennedy*
Affiliation:
Naburn Hospital, York
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The case history is reported here of a woman who has developed involuntary movements while having prolonged phenothiazine therapy. The disorder has developed gradually and is apparently irreversible. It has some unusual features.

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Short Papers
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The British Journal of Psychiatry , Volume 115 , Issue 518 , January 1969 , pp. 103 - 104
Copyright
Copyright © Royal College of Psychiatrists, 1969 

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