Premonitory sensory phenomenon in Tourette's syndrome

@article{Kwak2003PremonitorySP,
  title={Premonitory sensory phenomenon in Tourette's syndrome},
  author={Carolyn Kwak and Kevin Dat Vuong and Joseph Jankovic},
  journal={Movement Disorders},
  year={2003},
  volume={18}
}
We administered a questionnaire designed to probe for premonitory sensations associated with motor tics to 50 patients with Tourette's syndrome (TS). Premonitory sensations were reported by 46 (92%) patients, and the most common sensation was an urge to move and an impulse to tic (“had to do it”). Intensification of premonitory sensations, if prevented from performing a motor tic, was reported also in 37 patients (74%), 36 patients (72%) reported relief of premonitory sensations after… 
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