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Simple Tic

MedGen UID:
857209
•Concept ID:
C3897615
•
Disease or Syndrome

Definition

A tic that involves one muscle or muscle group, or non-word sounds. [from NCI]

Term Hierarchy

CClinical test,  RResearch test,  OOMIM,  GGeneReviews,  VClinVar  
  • CROGVSimple Tic

Professional guidelines

PubMed

Testing the specificity of phenomenological criteria for functional tic-like behaviours in youth with Tourette syndrome.
Nilles C, Martino D, Pringsheim T
Eur J Neurol 2024 Jun;31(6):e16262. Epub 2024 Feb 23 doi: 10.1111/ene.16262. PMID: 38400635
Practitioner review: current best practice in the management of adverse events during treatment with ADHD medications in children and adolescents.
Cortese S, Holtmann M, Banaschewski T, Buitelaar J, Coghill D, Danckaerts M, Dittmann RW, Graham J, Taylor E, Sergeant J; European ADHD Guidelines Group
J Child Psychol Psychiatry 2013 Mar;54(3):227-46. Epub 2013 Jan 7 doi: 10.1111/jcpp.12036. PMID: 23294014
Botulinum toxin type A in simple motor tics: short-term and long-term treatment-effects.
Rath JJ, Tavy DL, Wertenbroek AA, van Woerkom TC, de Bruijn SF
Parkinsonism Relat Disord 2010 Aug;16(7):478-81. Epub 2010 Jan 19 doi: 10.1016/j.parkreldis.2009.11.011. PMID: 20034838

Recent clinical studies

Etiology

Preparation and motor potentials in chronic tic and Tourette syndromes.
O'Connor K, Lavoie ME, Robert M
Brain Cogn 2001 Jun-Jul;46(1-2):224-6. doi: 10.1016/s0278-2626(01)80071-3. PMID: 11527335
Significance of genetic factors in Gilles de la Tourette syndrome: a review.
Wilson RS, Garron DC, Klawans HL
Behav Genet 1978 Nov;8(6):503-10. doi: 10.1007/BF01067479. PMID: 281939

Diagnosis

Preparation and motor potentials in chronic tic and Tourette syndromes.
O'Connor K, Lavoie ME, Robert M
Brain Cogn 2001 Jun-Jul;46(1-2):224-6. doi: 10.1016/s0278-2626(01)80071-3. PMID: 11527335

Therapy

A simple and a complex tic (Gilles de la Tourette's syndrome): their response to EEG sensorimotor rhythm biofeedback training.
Tansey MA
Int J Psychophysiol 1986 Jul;4(2):91-7. doi: 10.1016/0167-8760(86)90002-4. PMID: 3460976

Clinical prediction guides

Significance of genetic factors in Gilles de la Tourette syndrome: a review.
Wilson RS, Garron DC, Klawans HL
Behav Genet 1978 Nov;8(6):503-10. doi: 10.1007/BF01067479. PMID: 281939

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