IJSR International Journal of Scientific Research 2277 - 8179 Indian Society for Health and Advanced Research ijsr-7-2-14307 Original Research Paper Clinical evaluation of patients with Tics Disorders at Medical College &Hospital, Kolkata Prasenjit Sengupta Dr. Dr Sandip Pal Dr. February 2018 7 2 01 02 ABSTRACT

 

Tics disorder, a variety of movement disorders, though uncommon in clinic population is not rare in community. We studied 28 patients (4.3%) suffering from various tics disorders in our Movement Disorders Clinic, Department of Neurology at Medical College, Kolkata over a period of three years. Nine patients were diagnosed to be cases of Tourette’s syndrome. Male were 89.3% and 78.5% of the patients were in first two decades. All the patients had motor tics and 46% had vocal tics. ADHD and OCD were present in 35.7% and 28.5% of patients respectively. Family history was positive in one–third of patients. About 80% of the patients showed good to moderate response to treatment.