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SUBMITTER: Poulopoulos M
PROVIDER: S-EPMC3863049 | biostudies-other | 2013
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-other
Poulopoulos Markos M Hajjar Mirna M
BMJ case reports 20131205
Traumatic head injury is a very rare cause of secondary tic disorders. We add another case by describing, for the first time, the response to tetrabenazine in a blinded video assessment. Our patient had a severe traumatic head injury and subsequently developed tics refractory to various agents including neuroleptics. We assessed tetrabenazine treatment by virtue of patient's impression, the treating neurologist's non-blinded (Yale Global Tic Severity Scale) and a second neurologist's blinded ass ...[more]