Review of prevalence studies of tic disorders: Methodological caveats

Tremor and Other Hyperkinetic Movements

Volumn 2, Issue , 2012, Pages

  Cubo, Esther ^a  

^a HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO DE BURGOS   (Spain)

Author keywords

Epidemiology; Movement disorders; Prevalence studies; Screening in epidemiology; Tics

Indexed keywords

EID: 85120943394     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21608288     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5334/TOHM.114     Document Type: Review

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