Tardive dyskinesia in an 8-year old child
<p style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Calibri,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Tardive dyskinesia (TD) is an uncommon presentation in children, which can be disabling and irreversible when it does occur. An 8 year old b...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Sri Lanka College of Psychiatrists
2014-12-01
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| Series: | Sri Lanka Journal of Psychiatry |
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| Online Access: | https://sljpsyc.sljol.info/articles/7819 |
| Summary: | <p style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Calibri,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Tardive dyskinesia (TD) is an uncommon presentation in children, which can be disabling and irreversible when it does occur. An 8 year old boy, with a diagnosis of autism spectrum disorder and borderline intelligence, developed features suggestive of TD on withdrawal of long-term haloperidol medication. After recommencing haloperidol at a lower dose his symptoms improved clinically and the Abnormal Involuntary Movement Scale score also decreased. Haloperidol was tailed off gradually and vitamin E was initiated</span></span></p><p style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: SimSun;"><span style="font-size: small;"></span></span>DOI: <a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.4038/sljpsyc.v5i2.7819">http://dx.doi.org/10.4038/sljpsyc.v5i2.7819</a></p><p style="margin-bottom: 0in;">Sri Lanka Journal of Psychiatry Vol 5(2):24-26</p> |
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| ISSN: | 2012-6883 2579-2008 |