Stereotyped hand clasping: an unusual tardive movement disorder.
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.
Kaneko
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Department of Neurology, Niigata University, Japan.
Yuasa
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Miyatake
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Tsuji
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D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D000978:Antiparkinson Agents / Q000008:administration & dosage* / Q000009:adverse effects; D004359:Drug Therapy, Combination; D004409:Dyskinesia, Drug-Induced / Q000175:diagnosis*; D005260:Female; D007839:Functional Laterality / Q000187:drug effects*; D006220:Haloperidol / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000009:adverse effects*; D006801:Humans; D009043:Motor Activity / Q000187:drug effects*; D009460:Neurologic Examination / Q000187:drug effects; D010300:Parkinson Disease / Q000188:drug therapy*; D013239:Stereotyped Behavior / Q000187:drug effects*
D000978:Antiparkinson Agents; D006220:Haloperidol