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Case Reports
. 1979 Sep;55(646):558-9.
doi: 10.1136/pgmj.55.646.558.

Head nodding in arteriopathic dementia--a new kind of tic?

D A Ryan, S J Warrington
Case Reports

Head nodding in arteriopathic dementia--a new kind of tic?

D A Ryan et al. Postgrad Med J. 1979 Sep.

Abstract

An elderly woman with arteriopathic dementia developed a bizarre and repetitive nodding movement of the head. This is believed to be an unusual form of tic.

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