Pharmacological treatment of Tourette syndrome
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Trials of Pharmacological Interventions for Tourette Syndrome: A Systematic Review
INTRODUCTION Gilles de la Tourette Syndrome (GTS) is a childhood-onset hyperkinetic movement disorder defined by the chronic presence of multiple motor tics and at least one vocal tic and often complicated by co-morbid behavioural problems. The pharmacological treatment of GTS focuses on the modulation of monoaminergic pathways within the cortico-striato-thalamo-cortical circuitry. This paper a...
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Obsessive-Compulsive and Related Disorders
سال: 2014
ISSN: 2211-3649
DOI: 10.1016/j.jocrd.2014.04.006