title: [Chorea-like motor restlessness in clozapine].
abstract: Clozapine is an antipsychotic drug that has a very low incidence of extrapyramidal side effects. Only few dyskinetic and dystonic motoric alterations are described. This brief review describes three patients who developed chorea-like symptoms during a Clozapine therapy. The possible causal mechanisms of these side effect are suggested.
authors.affiliation: Psychiatrisches Krankenhaus Bad Hersfeld.
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Garcí a
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Röder
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Dorn
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D017109:Akathisia, Drug-Induced / Q000175:diagnosis*; D014150:Antipsychotic Agents / Q000009:adverse effects* / Q000627:therapeutic use; D002819:Chorea / Q000139:chemically induced* / Q000175:diagnosis; D003024:Clozapine / Q000009:adverse effects* / Q000627:therapeutic use; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D009460:Neurologic Examination / Q000187:drug effects; D012562:Schizophrenia, Disorganized / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000523:psychology
chemical_list: D014150:Antipsychotic Agents; D003024:Clozapine