Tourette Syndrome and Consciousness of Action
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Tourette Syndrome and Consciousness of Action
BACKGROUND Tourette syndrome (TS) is a neuropsychiatric disorder characterized by the chronic presence of multiple motor tics and at least one vocal/phonic tic since childhood. Tics typically change and vary in both intensity and severity over time, with remission and exacerbation common. In the vast majority of patients, tic expression is characteristically accompanied by discomforting bodily ...
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عنوان ژورنال: Tremor and Other Hyperkinetic Movements
سال: 2013
ISSN: 2160-8288
DOI: 10.5334/tohm.169