A randomised, double-blind, placebo-controlled study of topiramate in the treatment of Tourette syndrome

Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery and Psychiatry

Volumn 81, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 70-73

  Jankovic, J ^a   Jimenez Shahed, J ^a   Brown, L W ^b  

^a BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF PHILADELPHIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PLACEBO; TOPIRAMATE;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL GLOBAL IMPRESSION SCALE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COGNITIVE DEFECT; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; DIARRHEA; DISEASE SEVERITY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DROWSINESS; DRUG DOSE INCREASE; DRUG DOSE TITRATION; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG TOLERABILITY; FEMALE; GILLES DE LA TOURETTE SYNDROME; HEADACHE; HUMAN; HYPERSOMNIA; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; NEPHROLITHIASIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SIDE EFFECT; SYMPTOM; TIC; TOTAL MOTOR TIC SCORE; TOTAL PHONIC TIC SCORE; TREATMENT RESPONSE; WEIGHT CHANGE; YALE GLOBAL TIC SEVERITY SCALE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CHILD; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FEMALE; FRUCTOSE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPROTECTIVE AGENTS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TOURETTE SYNDROME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 73449102162     PISSN: 00223050     EISSN: 1468330X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jnnp.2009.185348     Document Type: Article

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