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KMID : 0387420030140020213
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Korean Society of Oriental Neuropsychiatry
2003 Volume.14 No. 2 p.213 ~ p.218
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A clinical report of a patient with Tourett’s disorder
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Sung Woo-Yong
Lee Seung-Hyun
Son Chi-Hyoung
Han Seung-Hea
Jung Hyo-Chang
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Abstract
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This is a case report of a patient with Tourett’s disorder treated by Ukgan-san. We evaluated the patient Tourett’s disorder by behavior and sound. His tic behaviors like eye blinking, shoulder shrugging, head jerking, facial frimace have been shown frequently, and His phonic tic symptoms like coughing, throat clearing, sniffing have been presented frequently, too. We diagnosed his condition as Wind-syndrome Caused by Hyperactivity of Liver-yang by patient’s redish face, taut pulse, Left umbilical throb. So we treated the patient with Ukgan-san. and the score of Yale Global Tic Severity Scale(YGTSS) was 30 at the start of treatment. and the score of YGTSS was 3 at the end. We found that Ukgan-san was effective for the patient with Tourett’s disorder.
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KEYWORD
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Tourett’s disorder, Ukgan-san
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