Tics and Tourette syndrome: clinical evaluation of 44 cases

We evaluated 44 patients with tics and Tourette's syndrome (TS) emphasising the age of onset of symptoms, sex, classification and localization of tics, associated symptoms and signs and comorbidities. Thirty-three patients (75.2%) had TS defined criteria whereas 10 (22.7%) had chronic motor and...

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Main Authors: Teive Hélio A.G., Germiniani Francisco M.B., Della Coletta Marcus V., Werneck Lineu César
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Academia Brasileira de Neurologia (ABNEURO) 2001-01-01
Series:Arquivos de Neuro-Psiquiatria
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0004-282X2001000500014