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Patients with schizophrenia who take antipsychotic medications sometimes develop severe side effects such as akinesia, a Parkinsonian symptom that includes all of the following EXCEPT
 
  a. hand tremors.
 b. hand tremors.
 c. slowed movements.
  d. monotonous speech.

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Extrapyramidal symptoms, serious side effects of antipsychotic medications that occur in some patients with schizophrenia, are similar to the symptoms of
 
  a. Alzheimer's disease.
  b. Parkinson's disease.
  c. multiple sclerosis.
 d. leukemia.


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Reply #1 on: Jun 22, 2018
Answer to Question 1

a

Answer to Question 2

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Reply 2 on: Jun 22, 2018
YES! Correct, THANKS for helping me on my review

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