Bartzokis G, Hill M A, Altshuler L, Cummings J L, Wirshing W, May P R
Department of Psychiatry, UCLA School of Medicine.
Psychiatry Res. 1989 May;28(2):145-51. doi: 10.1016/0165-1781(89)90042-5.
The relationship between severity of tardive dyskinesia (TD) and the prominence of negative symptoms was assessed in 25 right-handed, medicated schizophrenic patients. TD was quantified using ultrasound detectors and frequency measurement techniques as well as with observer rating scales. Electromechanical studies revealed a systematic relationship between TD severity and negative symptoms; TD was more severe in patients with fewer negative symptoms. The correlation was small in magnitude.