The prevalence of tic disorders and clinical characteristics in children

Journal of Obsessive-Compulsive and Related Disorders

Volumn 3, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 394-400

  Scahill, Lawrence ^a   Specht, Matthew ^b   Page, Christopher ^a  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Ascertainment bias; Prevalence; Tourette syndrome

Indexed keywords

ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER; CHRONIC DISEASE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMORBIDITY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISRUPTIVE BEHAVIOR; GILLES DE LA TOURETTE SYNDROME; HEALTH CARE SURVEY; HUMAN; SEX RATIO; TIC;

EID: 85027929722     PISSN: 22113649     EISSN: 22113657     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jocrd.2014.06.002     Document Type: Article

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