Journal of the Formosan Medical Association
Volume 108, Issue 10 , Pages 788-793 , October 2009

Short-term Sulpiride Treatment of Children and Adolescents With Tourette Syndrome or Chronic Tic Disorder

  • Che-Sheng Ho

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pediatrics, Mackay Memorial Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan
    • Mackay Medicine, Nursing and Management College, Taipei, Taiwan
    • ,
  • Hui-Ju Chen

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pediatrics, Mackay Memorial Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan
    • Department of Pediatrics, Saint Mary's Hospital Luodong, I-Lan, Taichung, Taiwan
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorrespondence to: Dr Hui-Ju Chen, Department of Pediatrics, Saint Mary's Hospital Luodong, 160 Chung-Chen South Road, Luodong, I-Lan 26546, Taiwan
    • ,
  • Nan-Chang Chiu

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pediatrics, Mackay Memorial Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan
    • Mackay Medicine, Nursing and Management College, Taipei, Taiwan
    • ,
  • Ein-Yiao Shen

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pediatrics, Mackay Memorial Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan
    • Graduate Institute of Acupuncture Science, China Medical University, Taichung, Taiwan
    • ,
  • Hung-Chi Lue

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pediatrics, Saint Mary's Hospital Luodong, I-Lan, Taichung, Taiwan

Received 13 March 2009 ,Revised 18 March 2009 ,Accepted 31 March 2009.

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PII: S0929-6646(09)60406-X

doi: 10.1016/S0929-6646(09)60406-X

Journal of the Formosan Medical Association
Volume 108, Issue 10 , Pages 788-793 , October 2009

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