Deep brain stimulation of anteromedial globus pallidus internus for severe Tourette syndrome

Tourette syndrome (TS) is a complex disorder characterized by tics and is associated with behavioral problems. Although its intensity decreases in adolescence and adult life, in some cases it continues to remain severe and refractory to medical treatment. Deep brain stimulation has been offered as a...

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Autores principales: Doshi, Paresh K., Ramdasi, Raghvendra, Thorve, Smita
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2018
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5914244/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29736078
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/psychiatry.IndianJPsychiatry_53_18
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description Tourette syndrome (TS) is a complex disorder characterized by tics and is associated with behavioral problems. Although its intensity decreases in adolescence and adult life, in some cases it continues to remain severe and refractory to medical treatment. Deep brain stimulation has been offered as a treatment option in such cases. We report two cases of TS treated with of anteromedial globus pallidum internus. Both the cases had good postoperative control of tics and associated obsessive–compulsive behavior.
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spelling pubmed-59142442018-05-07 Deep brain stimulation of anteromedial globus pallidus internus for severe Tourette syndrome Doshi, Paresh K. Ramdasi, Raghvendra Thorve, Smita Indian J Psychiatry Case Report Tourette syndrome (TS) is a complex disorder characterized by tics and is associated with behavioral problems. Although its intensity decreases in adolescence and adult life, in some cases it continues to remain severe and refractory to medical treatment. Deep brain stimulation has been offered as a treatment option in such cases. We report two cases of TS treated with of anteromedial globus pallidum internus. Both the cases had good postoperative control of tics and associated obsessive–compulsive behavior. Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2018 /pmc/articles/PMC5914244/ /pubmed/29736078 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/psychiatry.IndianJPsychiatry_53_18 Text en Copyright: © 2018 Indian Journal of Psychiatry http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0 This is an open access journal, and articles are distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 License, which allows others to remix, tweak, and build upon the work non-commercially, as long as appropriate credit is given and the new creations are licensed under the identical terms.
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title_fullStr Deep brain stimulation of anteromedial globus pallidus internus for severe Tourette syndrome
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5914244/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29736078
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/psychiatry.IndianJPsychiatry_53_18
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