Transcranial direct current stimulation in two patients with Tourette syndrome

Movement Disorders

Volumn 23, Issue 15, 2008, Pages 2259-2261

  Mrakic Sposta, Simona ^a   Marceglia, Sara ^a   Mameli, Francesca ^a   Dilena, Robertino ^a   Tadini, Laura ^a   Priori, Alberto ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FLUVOXAMINE; PIMOZIDE;

AGED; ANAMNESIS; APPLICATION SITE DISCOMFORT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPULSION; ELECTROSTIMULATION THERAPY; GILLES DE LA TOURETTE SYNDROME; HUMAN; MALE; MOTOR DYSFUNCTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRURITUS; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; RATING SCALE; SPEECH DISORDER; TIC; TRANSCRANIAL DIRECT CURRENT STIMULATION; TREATMENT RESPONSE; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE; WELLBEING; YALE GLOBAL TIC SEVERITY SCALE;

ADULT; HUMANS; MALE; PERSONALITY INVENTORY; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TOURETTE SYNDROME; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION;

EID: 61449095780     PISSN: 08853185     EISSN: 15318257     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mds.22292     Document Type: Article

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