Do typical clinical doses of methylphenidate cause tics in children treated for attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder?

Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry

Volumn 38, Issue 8, 1999, Pages 944-951

  Law, Samuel F ^a,b   Schachar, Russell J ^a  

^a HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder; Comorbid tics; Methylphenidate; Side effects

Indexed keywords

METHYLPHENIDATE;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER; CHILD; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COMORBIDITY; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG ABSORPTION; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG EXCRETION; DRUG METABOLISM; DRUG SAFETY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERACTIVITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; TIC; TITRIMETRY;

EID: 0032801445     PISSN: 08908567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00004583-199908000-00009     Document Type: Article

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