SPONTANEOUS BUCCOLINGUOFACIAL DYSKINESIA IN THE ELDERLY
- 1 September 1977
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Hindawi Limited in Acta Neurologica Scandinavica
- Vol. 56 (3) , 256-262
- https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1600-0404.1977.tb01431.x
Abstract
Buccolinguofacial dyskinesia consists of repetitive, non-rhythmic abnormal movements which occur at the speed of normal voluntary movement. To the observer they do not suggests a normal activity of mastication or phonation. This type of dyskinesia was evidenced in 88 patients out of a total of 240 elderly examined. It is more frequent in females than in males. Incidence does not increase with age. Frequency is highly variable individually. Every subject seems to have a comparatively stable frequency of his own. Dyskinesia is reduced or suppressed by neuroleptics, whereas stereotyped movements of the limbs are not affected. Individualization of buccolinguofacial dyskinesia from other abnormal movements should consequently rest on both its clinical features and its pharmacological sensitivity.This publication has 2 references indexed in Scilit:
- Spontaneous Oral DyskinesiaArchives of Neurology, 1974
- Reversible and irreversible dyskinesia after treatment with perphenazine, chlorpromazine, reserpine and electroconvulsive therapyPsychopharmacology, 1960