Case of a palatal tic resembling palatal tremor in a patient with Tourette syndrome

Movement Disorders

Volumn 22, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 742-745

  Schwingenschuh, Petra ^a   Wenzel, Karoline ^a   Katschnig, Petra ^a   Saurugg, Ronald ^a   Ott, Erwin ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF GRAZ   (Austria)

Author keywords

Myoclonus; Palatal tremor; Tic; Tourette syndrome

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; EYELID REFLEX; FEMALE; GILLES DE LA TOURETTE SYNDROME; HUMAN; HYPERKINESIA; MOTOR DYSFUNCTION; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT DISEASE; SOFT PALATE; TIC; TREMOR;

ADOLESCENT; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MYOCLONUS; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; PALATAL MUSCLES; TOURETTE SYNDROME; TREMOR;

EID: 34249021966     PISSN: 08853185     EISSN: 15318257     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mds.21395     Document Type: Article

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