Stimulant Medications Precipitate Tourette's Syndrome

JAMA: The Journal of the American Medical Association

Volumn 247, Issue 12, 1982, Pages 1729-1731

  Lowe, Thomas L ^a   Cohen, Donald J ^a   Detlor, Jill ^a   Kremenitzer, Martin W ^b   Shaywitz, Bennett A ^b  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEXAMPHETAMINE; HALOPERIDOL; METHYLPHENIDATE; PEMOLINE; PEMOLINE MAGNESIUM;

ADVERSE DRUG REACTION; ATTENTION LOSS; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; GILLES DE LA TOURETTE SYNDROME; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SCHOOL CHILD; THERAPY;

ACUTE DISEASE; AMPHETAMINES; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER WITH HYPERACTIVITY; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DEXTROAMPHETAMINE; HUMANS; MALE; METHYLPHENIDATE; TOURETTE SYNDROME;

EID: 84943986241     PISSN: 00987484     EISSN: 15383598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jama.1982.03320370043028     Document Type: Article

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