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. 1993 Jun;150(6):966-8.
doi: 10.1176/ajp.150.6.966.

Diabetes and development of tardive dyskinesia

M G Woerner  1 , B L Saltz, J M Kane, J A Lieberman, J M Alvir
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Diabetes and development of tardive dyskinesia

M G Woerner et al. Am J Psychiatry. 1993 Jun.

Abstract

Diabetes mellitus has been identified as a possible risk factor for tardive dyskinesia. The authors examined 160 elderly individuals who were beginning neuroleptic treatment; 24 had diabetes and 136 did not. After 43 weeks of neuroleptic exposure, the cumulative incidence rates of tardive dyskinesia were 54.1% (SE = 5.6%) for the diabetics and 25.6% (SE = 16.1%) for the nondiabetics.

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