Risperidone treatment of sleep disturbances in Tourette's syndrome

Journal of Neuropsychiatry and Clinical Neurosciences

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 375-376

  Arana Lechuga, Yoaly ^a   Sanchez Escandón, Oscar ^a   De Santiago Treviño, Nancy ^a   Castillo Montoya, Carlos ^a   Terán Pérez, Guadalupe ^a   Velázquez Moctezuma, Javier ^a  

^a DEPARTAMENTO DE QUÍMICA   (Mexico)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RISPERIDONE;

CASE REPORT; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; GILLES DE LA TOURETTE SYNDROME; HUMAN; LETTER; MALE; POLYSOMNOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SLEEP DISORDER;

EID: 52649124346     PISSN: 08950172     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1176/jnp.2008.20.3.375     Document Type: Letter

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