An open study evaluating the efficacy and security of magnesium and vitamin B6 as a treatment of Tourette syndrome in children;Estudio piloto sin grupo control del tratamiento con magnesio y vitamina B6 del síndrome de Gilles de la Tourette en niños

Medicina Clinica

Volumn 131, Issue 18, 2008, Pages 689-691

  García López, Rafael ^a   Romero González, Julio ^b   Perea Milla, Emilio ^a   Ruiz García, César ^a   Rivas Ruiz, Francisco ^a   de las Mulas Béjar, Mariano ^c  

^a HOSPITAL COSTA DEL SOL   (Spain)

^b Hospital Materno Infantil de Granada   (Spain)

^c HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO VIRGEN MACARENA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Magnesium; Therapy; Tics; Tourette syndrome; Vitamin B6

Indexed keywords

MAGNESIUM; PYRIDOXINE;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; DISEASE EXACERBATION; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG SAFETY; GILLES DE LA TOURETTE SYNDROME; HUMAN; MALE; RATING SCALE; SCHOOL CHILD; TIC; YALE GLOBAL TICS SEVERITY SCALE;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNESIUM; MALE; PILOT PROJECTS; TOURETTE SYNDROME; VITAMIN B 6; VITAMIN B COMPLEX;

EID: 63149130148     PISSN: 00257753     EISSN: 15788989     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1157/13129113     Document Type: Article

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