The need for a proper definition of a "treatment refractoriness" in tourette syndrome

Frontiers in Integrative Neuroscience

Volumn 5, Issue , 2011, Pages

  Porta, Mauro ^a   Sassi, Marco ^a   Menghetti, Claudia ^a   Servello, Domenico ^a  

^a IRCCS ISTITUTO ORTOPEDICO GALEAZZI   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DOPAMINE RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; NEUROLEPTIC AGENT; SEROTONIN UPTAKE INHIBITOR;

ANXIETY; ARTICLE; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER; BRAIN DEPTH STIMULATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMORBIDITY; DEPRESSION; DRUG RESPONSE; DRUG TREATMENT FAILURE; GILLES DE LA TOURETTE SYNDROME; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; OBSESSIVE COMPULSIVE DISORDER; PREVALENCE; PSYCHOTHERAPY; QUALITY OF LIFE; SOCIAL INTERACTION;

EID: 82255191356     PISSN: 16625145     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fnint.2011.00022     Document Type: Article

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