Tics and Tourette’s syndrome [PDF]
Drugs in Context, 2020 Tics and Tourette’s syndrome are common hyperkinetic movement disorders seen mostly in the pediatric age group. Tics are defined as sudden, rapid, recurrent, nonrhythmic motor movements or vocalization, generally preceded by urge.
Shivam Om Mittal
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Transcriptome-wide association study reveals increased neuronal FLT3 expression is associated with Tourette’s syndrome [PDF]
Communications Biology, 2022 Calwing Liao and Veikko Vuokila et al. report a transcriptome-wide association study (TWAS) of Tourette’s Syndrome. They find increased expression of FLT3 in the dorsolateral prefrontal cortex and the lymphoblastoid cell lines in patients with Tourette’s
Calwing Liao +8 more
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A 2-year longitudinal follow-up of quantitative assessment neck tics in Tourette's syndrome. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2021 BackgroundNeck motor tics in Tourette's syndrome can cause severe neck complications. Although addressed in a few longitudinal studies, the clinical course of Tourette's syndrome has not been quantitatively assessed.
Yosuke Eriguchi +7 more
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Deep brain stimulation for Tourette’s syndrome [PDF]
Translational Neurodegeneration, 2020 Tourette syndrome (TS) is a childhood-onset neuropsychiatric disorder characterized by the presence of multiple motor and vocal tics. TS usually co-occurs with one or multiple psychiatric disorders.
Wenying Xu +7 more
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Decreased Volume of the Cerebral Ventricles on CT Images in Gilles de la Tourette’s Syndrome [PDF]
Behavioural Neurology, 1999 The aim of the present study was to estimate the volume of the ventricular system comprising lateral plus third ventricles in patients with Gilles de la Tourette's syndrome on computed tomographic (CT) scannings using unbiased stereological principles ...
Lisbeth Regeur +3 more
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Multiple neck operations in a patient with severe motor tics because of Tourette’s syndrome: a case report [PDF]
Journal of Medical Case Reports, 2012 Introduction In patients with Tourette’s syndrome who have severe motor tics, involuntary neck movements can enhance degenerative changes in the cervical spine, occasionally causing myelopathy.
Miyashita Tomohiro +6 more
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Qualitative Exploration of the Daily Experiences and Challenges Faced by Parents and Caregivers of Children with Tourette's Syndrome. [PDF]
Journal of Health Psychology, 2016 This document is the Accepted Manuscript version of the following article: Amanda K. Ludlow, Rachel Brown, and Joerg Schulz, ‘A qualitative exploration of the daily experiences and challenges faced by parents and caregivers of children with Tourette’s ...
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Tourette’s syndrome: Alternative approaches to a clinical case refractory to conventional therapy [PDF]
European Psychiatry, 2021 Introduction Tourette’s syndrome is a neuropsychiatric disorder marked by motor and phonic tics frequently associated with psychiatric comorbidities, beginning in childhood.
M.I. Fonseca Marinho Vaz Soares +4 more
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"I'm not being rude, I'd want somebody normal" Adolescents' perception of their peers with Tourette's syndrome; an exploratory study [PDF]
, 2016 Background: Tourette’s syndrome (TS) is a highly stigmatised condition, and typically developing adolescents’ motives and reason for excluding individuals with TS have not been examined.
A Strauss +60 more
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Basal Ganglia and MRI in Tourette’s Syndrome [PDF]
Pediatric Neurology Briefs, 1993 Volumetric MRI changes in the basal ganglia of 37 children with Tourette’s syndrome (TS), with and without ADHD, compared to 18 controls are reported from Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD.
J Gordon Millichap
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