## 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
Psychogenic movement disorders in children
β Scribed by Douglas B. Kirsch; Jonathan W. Mink
- Book ID
- 116824492
- Publisher
- Elsevier Science
- Year
- 2004
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 59 KB
- Volume
- 30
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0887-8994
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