PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - Christopher G. Goetz
AU  - Caroline M. Tanner
AU  - Robert S. Wilson
AU  - Kathleen M. Shannon
TI  - A rating scale for Gilles de la Tourette's syndrome
AID  - 10.1212/WNL.37.9.1542
DP  - 1987 Sep 01
TA  - Neurology
PG  - 1542--1542
VI  - 37
IP  - 9
4099  - http://n.neurology.org/content/37/9/1542.short
4100  - http://n.neurology.org/content/37/9/1542.full
SO  - Neurology1987 Sep 01; 37
AB  - We developed a rating scale for tic disorders that uses only objective criteria and accommodates the variety of tic manifestations. Using short videotaped recordings with the examiner out of the taping room, we measured five tic variables: number of body areas affected, frequency of motor tics and vocalizations, and severity of motor tics and vocalizations. The rating scale fulfilled tests for inter-rater reliability and temporal stability, and correlated well with scales used to assess global changes over prolonged periods. It objectively detected improvement in tics with neuroleptics, the one pharmacotherapy accepted to abate tics in most patients.