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Stereotyped hand clasping: An unusual tardive movement disorder
Author(s) -
Kaneko Kiyotoshi,
Yuasa Tatsuhiko,
Miyatake Tadashi,
Tsuji Shoji
Publication year - 1993
Publication title -
movement disorders
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.352
H-Index - 198
eISSN - 1531-8257
pISSN - 0885-3185
DOI - 10.1002/mds.870080224
Subject(s) - tardive dyskinesia , parkinsonism , dyskinesia , psychology , movement disorders , neuroscience , neurological disorder , medicine , physical medicine and rehabilitation , psychiatry , central nervous system disease , schizophrenia (object oriented programming) , parkinson's disease , disease
We report an 83‐year‐old woman with vascular parkinsonism who presented with stereotyped rhythmical hand‐clasping movements after 18 months exposure to neuroleptics. Although stereotypical rhythmical orolinguomasticatory and limb movements are the most common tardive dyskinesia in the elderly, we feel this woman's hand clasping represents another unusual expression of a tardive movement disorder.