A measure of functional impairment in youth with Tourette's syndrome

Journal of Pediatric Psychology

Volumn 32, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 950-959

  Storch, Eric A ^a,b   Lack, Caleb W ^c   Simons, Laura E ^d   Goodman, Wayne K ^a   Murphy, Tanya K ^a   Geffken, Gary R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^c ARKANSAS TECH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Assessment; Children; Impairment; Tourette's syndrome; Validity

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; CHECKLIST; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL INDEPENDENCE MEASURE; GILLES DE LA TOURETTE SYNDROME; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; SCHOOL CHILD; SOCIAL INTERACTION; TIC;

CAREGIVERS; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; OBSERVER VARIATION; PREVALENCE; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TOURETTE SYNDROME;

EID: 36649001867     PISSN: 01468693     EISSN: 1465735X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jpepsy/jsm034     Document Type: Article

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