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Tic

A tic is a sudden and repetitive motor movement or vocalization that is not rhythmic and involves discrete muscle groups. Tics are typically brief and may resemble a normal behavioral characteristic or gesture.

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Specialty
Psychiatry, neurology

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Tic

Nodes63
Edges62
Triples89
Avg. degree1.97
Density0.031746
Components1

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Tic

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related to External links · 25
Tic → Arch, Archived, Battlefield Landscape, Black, Clues, Curr Neurol Neurosci Rep, Current Controversies, Definitions, Evidente, GH, Is, Kevin, Neurol, October, Other Tic Disorders, PMID, PostGraduate Medicine Online, Robertson, S2CID, September
related to Differential diagnosis · 16
Tic → Acquired, Although, Conditions, Down, Duchenne, Dystonias, Huntington's, Klinefelter, Most, Other, Sydenham's, Tics, Tourette, Tourette's, Wilson's, XYY
related to Diagnosis · 12
Tic → Chronic, Diagnostic, DSM-5, Management, May, Mental Disorders, Nevertheless, Persistent, Statistical Manual, The, Tourette, Tourette's
related to Characteristics · 6
Tic → Canadian Mort Doran, Neurologist, Oliver Sacks, Relaxation, Tics, Tourette
related to Further reading · 6
Tic → Dordain, French, Paris, PMID, Rev Neurol, The
related to Motor or phonic · 3
Tic → Motor, Phonic, They
see also · 3
Tic → Scale, Tourette's, Yale Global Tic Severity
related to Simple or complex · 2
Tic → Motor, Simple
Specialty · 1
Tic → Psychiatry, neurology
is a · 1
Tic → sudden and repetitive motor movement or vocalization that is not rhythmic and involves discrete muscle groups

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tics may disorders motor syndrome tourette phonic complex disorder movements simple include urge movement typically throat must compulsions chorea 10

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TicSpecialtyPsychiatry, neurology1.00infobox
Ticis asudden and repetitive motor movement or vocalization that is not rhythmic and involves discrete muscle groups0.90text
choreainstance ofeye blinking and throat clearing.Tics must be distinguished from movement disorders0.80text
dystoniainstance ofeye blinking and throat clearing.Tics must be distinguished from movement disorders0.80text
myoclonusinstance ofeye blinking and throat clearing.Tics must be distinguished from movement disorders0.80text
Huntington's diseaseinstance ofand genetic conditions0.80text
neuroacanthocytosisinstance ofand genetic conditions0.80text
pantothenate kinase-associated neurodegenerationinstance ofand genetic conditions0.80text
Duchenne muscular dystrophyinstance ofand genetic conditions0.80text
Wilson's diseaseinstance ofand genetic conditions0.80text
and tuberous sclerosisinstance ofand genetic conditions0.80text
Down syndromeinstance ofOther possibilities include chromosomal disorders0.80text

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