Gilles de la Tourette’s syndrome and its impact in the UK
Gilles de la Tourette’s syndrome of chronic multiple motor and vocal tics is now acknowledged to be far more common than once thought, affecting up to 1% of schoolchildren with a wide range of severity. At the milder end of the spectrum the associated psychopathologies can in themselves impair socia...
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Published in | Postgraduate Medical Journal Vol. 81; no. 951; pp. 12 - 19 |
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Main Authors | , , |
Format | Journal Article Book Review |
Language | English |
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London
The Fellowship of Postgraduate Medicine
01.01.2005
BMJ Oxford University Press BMJ Group |
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Summary: | Gilles de la Tourette’s syndrome of chronic multiple motor and vocal tics is now acknowledged to be far more common than once thought, affecting up to 1% of schoolchildren with a wide range of severity. At the milder end of the spectrum the associated psychopathologies can in themselves impair social and educational functioning, in particular obsessive compulsive disorder and attention deficit hyperactivity disorder. Many patients with this condition are not being adequately served by health and education services in the UK. The epidemiology, clinical features, aetiological factors, and management of the syndrome are reviewed. |
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Bibliography: | local:0810012 Correspondence to: Dr Jeremy Stern Chairman, Tourette Syndrome (UK) Association, Atkinson Morley’s Wing, St George’s Hospital, Blackshaw Road, London SW17 0QT, UK; jeremy.stern@stgeorges.nhs.uk istex:DB7C89B8115B9A5B0EFB4D8DCEC9D12393E3B9B6 href:postgradmedj-81-12.pdf ark:/67375/NVC-4600LPTS-T PMID:15640424 ObjectType-Article-2 SourceType-Scholarly Journals-1 ObjectType-Feature-3 content type line 23 ObjectType-Review-1 |
ISSN: | 0032-5473 1469-0756 |
DOI: | 10.1136/pgmj.2004.023614 |