ADHD and Epilepsy in children with Tourette Syndrome: A triple comorbidity?

Acta Paediatrica, International Journal of Paediatrics

Volumn 99, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 1894-1896

  Rizzo, R ^a   Gulisano, M ^a   Cali P V ^a   Curatolo, P ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CATANIA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ROME TOR VERGATA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT TOOL; COMORBIDITY; DEVELOPMENTAL COORDINATION DISORDER; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; EPILEPSY; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; GILLES DE LA TOURETTE SYNDROME; HUMAN; HYPERACTIVITY; IMPULSIVENESS; MALE; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATIENT ASSESSMENT; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SEIZURE; TIC;

ADOLESCENT; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER WITH HYPERACTIVITY; CHILD; COMORBIDITY; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; ITALY; MALE; TOURETTE SYNDROME;

EID: 78349250138     PISSN: 08035253     EISSN: 16512227     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1651-2227.2010.01951.x     Document Type: Article

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