TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2011//
TI  - Vertebral artery dissection leading to stroke caused by violent neck tics of Tourette syndrome
JO  - Neurology
A1  - Lehman, L. L.
A1  - Gilbert, D. L.
A1  - Leach, J. L.
A1  - Wu, S. W.
A1  - Standridge, S. M.
SP  - 1706
EP  - 1708
VL  - 77
IS  - 18
N2  - Tourette syndrome is a childhood onset neuropsychiatric disorder characterized by involuntary or urge-driven motor and vocal tics. When tics cause impairment or pain, medical treatment is often recommended.(1) We present a patient with Tourette syndrome who had treatment-refractory violent neck tics. We propose that the frequent violent neck tics caused a vertebral artery dissection leading to right pontine and bilateral cerebellar infarcts.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 0028-3878
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1212/WNL.0b013e318238253c
ID  - ref1
ER  -