Vitamin B6 in treatment of tardive dyskinesia: A preliminary case series study

Clinical Neuropharmacology

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 241-243

  Lerner, Vladimir ^a,b   Kaptsan, Alexander ^a   Miodownik, Chanoch ^a   Kotler, Moshe ^a  

^a BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

^b MENTAL HEALTH CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

Pyridoxine; Schizophrenia; Tardive akathisia; Tardive dyskinesia; Tardive parkinsonism; Vitamin B6

Indexed keywords

NEUROLEPTIC AGENT; PYRIDOXINE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RATING SCALE; SCHIZOIDISM; SCHIZOPHRENIA; TARDIVE DYSKINESIA;

ADULT; ANTIPSYCHOTIC AGENTS; DYSKINESIA, DRUG-INDUCED; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PYRIDOXINE; SCHIZOPHRENIA;

EID: 0033428455     PISSN: 03625664     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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