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SUBMITTER: Erro R
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6183016 | biostudies-literature | 2014 Apr
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Erro Roberto R Martino Davide D Ganos Christos C Damasio Joana J Batla Amit A Bhatia Kailash P KP
Movement disorders clinical practice 20140410 1
Based on their phenomenology, tics can be classified as clonic, dystonic, and tonic. Although tic syndromes are considered to be childhood disorders, there are reports on (clonic) tics developing late in life. Literature on dystonic tics is sparse, and it is unclear whether adult-onset dystonic tics are part of the same disorder spectrum that includes Tourette's syndrome or represent a discrete entity. We describe here 11 patients with adult-onset primary dystonic tics. Ten patients (90.1%) were ...[more]