## Abstract Psychogenic movement disorders (PMDs) are well characterized in adults, but childhoodβonset PMDs have not been extensively studied. We reviewed the medical records of children who were diagnosed in our clinic with PMDs since 1988 and identified 54 patients with PMDs, representing 3.1% o
Poster 328: Psychogenic Movement Disorder in Children
β Scribed by Susan Maltser; Maeghen Bradley; Joan Gold; David Salsberg
- Book ID
- 119349795
- Publisher
- Wiley (John Wiley & Sons)
- Year
- 2010
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 50 KB
- Volume
- 2
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 1934-1482
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