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Eye blink and schizophrenia: psychosis or tardive dyskinesia?

Published Online:https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.135.2.223

The author found abnormalities of ocular movement including abnormal blink rate and blink reflex to glabellar tap in 34 of 44 medication- free schizophrenic patients. It is not clear whether these signs represent part of the pathology of schizophrenia or result from withdrawal of neuroleptic treatment.

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