Tics and Tourette's syndrome in childhood

Samuel Kuperman

doi:10.1016/S1071-9091(02)00007-4

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Tics and Tourette's syndrome in childhood

Journal article

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Tics and Tourette's syndrome in childhood

Samuel Kuperman

Seminars in pediatric neurology, Vol.10(1), pp.35-40

03/2003

DOI: 10.1016/S1071-9091(02)00007-4

PMID: 12785746

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Abstract

Childhood tics are multidimensional in nature. The dimensions run along various continuums, including duration of symptoms (from fewer than 1 year to lifelong), intensity of symptoms (from mild to severe), frequency of symptoms (from rare to constant), variety of symptoms (from single motor groups/single phonic tic to multiple occurrences of both types), complexity of tics (from simple motor/phonic tic to multiple motor groups or the production of multiple sounds, including involuntary phrases), response to treatment (from good to minimal or no response), and comorbid psychiatric disorders (from none to multiple). This review describes these dimensions and their relationships to the current diagnostic scheme for tic disorders.

Tic Disorders - diagnosis

Tourette Syndrome - therapy

Mental Disorders - epidemiology

Tic Disorders - epidemiology

Tic Disorders - therapy

Comorbidity

Humans

Treatment Outcome

Tourette Syndrome - diagnosis

Child

Tourette Syndrome - epidemiology

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Title: Subtitle: Tics and Tourette's syndrome in childhood
Creators: Samuel Kuperman - Department of Psychiatry, University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics, Iowa City, IA 52242, USA
Resource Type: Journal article
Publication Details: Seminars in pediatric neurology, Vol.10(1), pp.35-40
Publisher: United States
DOI: 10.1016/S1071-9091(02)00007-4
PMID: 12785746
ISSN: 1071-9091
eISSN: 1558-0776
Language: English
Date published: 03/2003
Academic Unit: Psychiatry; Stead Family Department of Pediatrics
Record Identifier: 9984003984102771

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