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Case Reports
. 2017 Oct 26:7:508.
doi: 10.7916/D84X5M9Z. eCollection 2017.

The Movement Disorder of Brain-Lung-Thyroid Syndrome Can be Responsive to Methylphenidate

Laurence Gauquelin  1   2 , Luan T Tran  1   2   3   4 , Sylvain Chouinard  5 , Geneviève Bernard  1   2   3   4
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Case Reports

The Movement Disorder of Brain-Lung-Thyroid Syndrome Can be Responsive to Methylphenidate

Laurence Gauquelin et al. Tremor Other Hyperkinet Mov (N Y). .
No abstract available

Keywords: Chorea; NKX2-1-related disorder; brain-lung-thyroid syndrome; methylphenidate; psychostimulant.

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Funding: This study was supported by a grant from the Réseau de Médecine Génétique Appliquée of the Fonds de recherche du Québec en Santé (FRQS). Conflicts of interest: The authors declare no conflict of interest. Ethics Statement: All patients that appear on video have provided written informed consent; authorization for the videotaping and for publication of the videotape was provided.

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