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Twitches and Fidgets Might Not Tell the Whole Story

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Case “A” was referred to our clinic and was seen by two authors (RR and MMR) first at the age of 6 years. His parents, Mr and Mrs X, described a history of abnormal movements since the age of 3 years; these included blinking and strange head movements.

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  1. Emeritus (University College London), London, UK

    Mary May Robertson MB,MD,DSc,FRCPCH,FRCP,FRCPsych

  2. Honorary University Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa

    Mary May Robertson MB,MD,DSc,FRCPCH,FRCP,FRCPsych

  3. St Georges Hospital, London, UK

    Mary May Robertson MB,MD,DSc,FRCPCH,FRCP,FRCPsych

  4. Academic Unit of Child Psychiatry South West Sydney (AUCS), School of Psychiatry, Mental Health Centre, Liverpool Hospital, University of New South Wales and Liverpool Hospital, Sydney, NSW, Australia

    Valsamma Eapen MBBS, PhD, FRCPsych, FRANZCP

  5. Department of Medical and Pediatric Science, Azienda Policlinico-OVE, Catania University, Catania, Italy

    Renata Rizzo MD, PhD

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    Josef Priller

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    Hugh Rickards

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Robertson, M.M., Eapen, V., Rizzo, R. (2016). Twitches and Fidgets Might Not Tell the Whole Story. In: Priller, J., Rickards, H. (eds) Neuropsychiatry Case Studies. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-42190-2_14

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