Diseases

Tic Disorders

Disorders characterized by recurrent TICS that may interfere with speech and other activities. Tics are sudden, rapid, nonrhythmic, stereotyped motor movements or vocalizations which may be exacerbated by stress and are generally attenuated during absorbing activities. Tic disorders are distinguished from conditions which feature other types of abnormal movements that may accompany another another condition. (From DSM-IV, 1994)

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Disorders characterized by recurrent TICS that may interfere with speech and other activities. Tics are sudden, rapid, nonrhythmic, stereotyped motor movements or vocalizations which may be exacerbated by stress and are generally attenuated during absorbing activities. Tic disorders are distinguished from conditions which feature other types of abnormal movements that may accompany another another condition. (From DSM-IV, 1994)

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  • Tic Disorder
  • Childhood Tic Disorders
  • Chronic Motor or Vocal Tic Disorder
  • Motor Tic Disorders
  • Motor or Vocal Tic Disorder, Chronic
  • Post-Traumatic Tic Disorder
  • Tic Disorder, Chronic Motor or Vocal
  • Tic Disorder, Post-Traumatic
  • Tic Disorder, Transient
  • Tic Disorders, Childhood
  • Tic Disorders, Motor
  • Tic Disorders, Vocal
  • Transient Tic Disorder
  • Vocal Tic Disorders
  • Childhood Tic Disorder
  • Motor Tic Disorder
  • Post Traumatic Tic Disorder
  • Post-Traumatic Tic Disorders
  • Tic Disorder, Childhood
  • Tic Disorder, Motor
  • Tic Disorder, Post Traumatic
  • Tic Disorder, Vocal
  • Tic Disorders, Post-Traumatic
  • Tic Disorders, Transient
  • Transient Tic Disorders
  • Vocal Tic Disorder

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Indexed with the subheadings blood, cerebrospinal fluid, chemically induced, classification, complications, congenital, diagnosis, diagnostic imaging, diet therapy, drug therapy, economics, embryology, enzymology, epidemiology, ethnology, etiology, genetics, history, immunology, metabolism, microbiology, mortality, nursing, parasitology, pathology, physiopathology, prevention & control, psychology, radiotherapy, rehabilitation, surgery, therapy, urine, veterinary, virology.

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TICS is available; TIC DOULOUREUX see TRIGEMINAL NEURALGIA is also available

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1998(1966)

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  1. C10w.228w.662w.825w
  2. F03w.625w.992w

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References

  1. National Library of Medicine. Tic Disorders. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D013981. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D013981
  2. Tic Disorders. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tic_disorder
  3. Tic Disorders. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1077139