Review of Prevalence Studies of Tic Disorders: Methodological Caveats
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Review of Prevalence Studies of Tic Disorders: Methodological Caveats
INTRODUCTION Tic disorders are neurodevelopmental disorders of childhood associated with psychiatric comorbidity and academic problems. Estimating the prevalence and understanding the epidemiology of tic disorders is more complex than was once thought. Until fairly recently, tic disorders were thought to be rare, but today tics are believed to be the most common movement disorder, with 0.2-46.3...
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عنوان ژورنال: Tremor and Other Hyperkinetic Movements
سال: 2012
ISSN: 2160-8288
DOI: 10.5334/tohm.114