A childhood case of symptomatic essential and psychogenic palatal tremor

Neuropsychiatric Disease and Treatment

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 223-227

  Margari, Francesco ^a   Giannella, Giustina ^b   Lecce, Paola Alessandra ^b   Fanizzi, Piero ^c   Toto, Maddalena ^b   Margari, Lucia ^b  

^a Psychiatry Unit   (Italy)

^b Child Neuropsychiatry Unit   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BARI   (Italy)

Author keywords

Child movement disorders; Palatal tremor; Psychogenic movements

Indexed keywords

CARBAMAZEPINE; CHLORPROMAZINE; LITHIUM CARBONATE; PIRACETAM; TOPIRAMATE; VALPROIC ACID;

AGGRESSION; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; CASE REPORT; CHILD; CHILD CARE; CLICK; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DEVELOPMENTAL DISORDER; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DRUG TREATMENT FAILURE; DYSPHORIA; ESSENTIAL TREMOR; FAMILY HISTORY; FIBERSCOPE ENDOSCOPY; HUMAN; MALE; MOOD DISORDER; NEUROPATHOLOGY; OPPOSITIONAL DEFIANT DISORDER; OTORHINOLARYNGOLOGY; PSYCHOGENIC PALATAL TREMOR; PSYCHOLOGIC ASSESSMENT; PSYCHOTHERAPY; RECURRENT DISEASE; RESTLESSNESS; SCHOOL CHILD; TREMOR; WECHSLER INTELLIGENCE SCALE;

EID: 80053621512     PISSN: 11766328     EISSN: 11782021     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2147/NDT.S15830     Document Type: Article

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