Late-Onset Psychogenic Chronic Phonic-Tics
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Late-Onset Psychogenic Chronic Phonic-Tics
BACKGROUND Tics beginning in late adulthood often have an identifiable etiology. Psychogenic tics with onset around 60 years of age are rarely described in the literature. CASE REPORT A 67-year-old female had experienced phonic tics for 8 years. Episodes occurred without premonitory sensations and precipitant factors, and she could not suppress them. She had no history of childhood tic disord...
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عنوان ژورنال: Tremor and Other Hyperkinetic Movements
سال: 2016
ISSN: 2160-8288
DOI: 10.5334/tohm.299