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Sodium Valproate and Tardive Dyskinesia

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 January 2018

Alan C. Gibson
Alan C. Gibson*
Affiliation:
St. Ann's Hospital, Haven Road, Canford Cliffs, Poole, Dorset BH13 7LN
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Summary

Twenty-five schizophrenic patients with tardive dyskinesia were given 600 mgs sodium valproate daily with their neuroleptic medication. After one month there was no change in their signs, as judged by a panel of nine viewing films of them taken before and at the end of this treatment.

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Research Article
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The British Journal of Psychiatry , Volume 133 , Issue 1 , July 1978 , pp. 82
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Copyright © The Royal College of Psychiatrists 

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