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Case Reports
. 2009 Jan;27(1):11-8.
doi: 10.1179/crn.2009.003.

Tourette's syndrome: a pilot study for the discontinuance of a movement disorder

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Tourette's syndrome: a pilot study for the discontinuance of a movement disorder

Anthony Sims et al. Cranio. 2009 Jan.

Abstract

For a century and a half, Tourette's syndrome (TS) has been a mystery to the medical profession with physicians believing that it was a psychological disorder, then a neurological brain disorder, and then, an infectious disease caused by streptococcus. What was never considered was that this disorder called Tourette's was due to a structural deformity which would manifest itself as a neurological problem. What has been discovered is that Tourette's syndrome is neither psychological, infectious, genetic or environmental in origin, but is what we have termed a structural-reflex disorder, and have shown through this pilot study of multiple cases how and why Tourette's and its multiple co-morbid disorders can be discontinued with a device that requires no medicines or surgery called the Neurocranio Vertical Distractor (NCVD).

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