Clozapine-associated Pisa syndrome: A rare type of tardive dystonia.

Indian J Psychiatry

Department of Psychiatry, KMCT Medical College, Calicut, Kerala, India. E-mail:

Published: January 2017

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Pisa syndrome, manifested with persistent lateral flexion of the trunk, is most commonly associated with prolonged treatment with typical antipsychotics. However, it was also reported as occurring with atypical antipsychotics. To our knowledge, there have been very few reports of clozapine-associated Pisa syndrome.

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