Blink rate is associated with drug-induced parkinsonism in patients with severe mental illness, but does not meet requirements to serve as a clinical test:The Curacao extrapyramidal syndromes study XIII
BACKGROUND: Drug-induced parkinsonism (DIP) has a high prevalence and is associated with poorer quality of life. To find a practical clinical tool to assess DIP in patients with severe mental illness (SMI), the association between blink rate and drug-induced parkinsonism (DIP) was assessed. METHODS: In a cohort of 204 SMI patients receiving care from the only mental health service of the previous Dutch Antilles, blink rate per minute during conversation was assessed by an additional trained movement disorder specialist. DIP was rated on the Unified Parkinson's Disease Rating Scale (UPDRS) in 8... Mehr ...
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Dokumenttyp: | Artikel |
Erscheinungsdatum: | 2017 |
Reihe/Periodikum: | Mentzel , C L , Bakker , P R , van Os , J , Drukker , M , Matroos , G E , Tijssen , M A J & van Harten , P N 2017 , ' Blink rate is associated with drug-induced parkinsonism in patients with severe mental illness, but does not meet requirements to serve as a clinical test : The Curacao extrapyramidal syndromes study XIII ' , Journal of negative results in biomedicine , vol. 16 , no. 15 . https://doi.org/10.1186/s12952-017-0079-y |
Schlagwörter: | Journal Article |
Sprache: | Englisch |
Permalink: | https://search.fid-benelux.de/Record/base-26617189 |
Datenquelle: | BASE; Originalkatalog |
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Link(s) : | https://hdl.handle.net/11370/5194665a-2105-4984-bba8-f4169b15c51f |